Engineers propose solar-powered lunar ark as ‘modern global insurance policy’

University of Arizona researcher Jekan Thanga is taking scientific inspiration from an unlikely source: the biblical tale of Noah’s Ark. Rather than two of every animal, however, his solar-powered ark on the moon would store cryogenically frozen seed, spore, sperm and egg samples from 6.7 million Earth species.

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https://phys.org/news/2021-03-solar-powered-lunar-ark-modern-global.html