Efforts are underway to understand the long-term effects of. Last week, China and Russia agreed to jointly construct a lunar space station, which will be “open to all countries. This backup of plants and crops would be equivalent in capability to Svalbard Seed Vault in Norway. Some construction is already scheduled to take place on the moon for another project. Scientists say that 250 rocket launches would be required to transport about 50 samples from each of 6.7 million species to the moon. Powered by solar panels, the underground ark would be accessed by elevator shafts, which would lead to a facility storing cryogenic preservation modules. Scientists think the tubes - 100 meters (328 feet) in diameter - could provide the perfect shelter for the precious cargo, protecting it from solar radiation, surface temperature changes and micrometeorites. Scientists also still don’t understand how a lack of gravity could affect preserved seeds, or how to communicate with an Earth base.Įxperts uncovered a network of some 200 lava tubes beneath the surface of the moon in 2013, which had formed when streams of lava melted through soft rock to form underground tunnels billions of years ago. But the team says that at such temperatures, metal parts of the base could freeze, jam or cold-weld together. The researchers said the project is dependent on advancements in cryo-robotics technology - to be cryopreserved, the seeds must be cooled to minus 292 Fahrenheit, while stem cells must be stored at minus 320 Fahrenheit. In a paper presented earlier this month, the team from the University of Arizona think their concept could preserve life from Earth in the event of destruction of the planet we call home. China and Russia agreed to jointly construct a lunar space station, which will be “open to all countries.Similar “doomsday vaults” exist on Earth: The Global Seed Vault, home to just under 1 million seed samples, is located on a remote island in Svalbard, an archipelago located between Norway and the North Pole. These American scientists aren’t the only ones who are trying to save us when doomsday arrive. And to be cryopreserved, the seeds must be cooled to minus 292 Fahrenheit, while stem cells must be stored at minus 320 Fahrenheit. Similar doomsday vaults exist on Earth: The Global Seed Vault, home to just under 1 million seed samples, is located on a remote island in Svalbard, an archipelago located between Norway and. The success of the project is dependent on the advancements in cryo-robotics technology. The vault would host 6.7 million species from Earth, cryogenically preserved and hidden inside a series of caves and tunnels under the moon’s surface.
A doomsday vault of cryogenic materials like plant seeds and human sperm, built in a facility in lava tunnels on the moon, could be a resource to start life in case of a global disaster, said Jekan Thanga, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona. They believe that the vault could protect the genetic materials in the event of “total annihilation of Earth” which would be triggered by a major drop in biodiversity. Prepping for the end of the world, under the surface of the moon. And they’re calling it the “modern global insurance policy”. Scientists from the University of Arizona want to build an underground lunar ark filled with millions of seed, spore, sperm, and egg samples from Earth’s species, hidden in a network of tubes on the moon to provide a genetic backup for the planet in the event of a doomsday scenario. Since by now we’ve already come to terms that a doomsday is inevitable, scientists are making preparations.