Saving life on Earth: shooting sperm to the moon
The Briefing17 Kesä 2021

Saving life on Earth: shooting sperm to the moon

Scientists have come up with a plan to send egg, sperm and seed samples from 6.7 million Earth species to a vault inside the moon.

Jekan Thanga, Assistant Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arizona is part of the team planning to store eggs, sperm, seeds and other DNA matter inside lunar lava tubes - massive caverns under the moon’s surface.

The point is to preserve the human race - as well as animals, plants and fungi - in the event of a global catastrophe. They’re calling it “a modern global insurance policy” which really just sounds like a futuristic version of "Noah’s Ark.” You heard it here first!!

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