Noah's Ark plan from top Moon man

The European Space Agency's chief scientist has said there should be a "Noah's Ark" on the Moon, in case life on Earth is wiped out by an asteroid or nuclear holocaust.

Speaking exclusively to BBC News at the British Association Festival of Science, Dr Bernard Foing said the ark should be a repository for the DNA of every single species of plant and animal.

Dr Foing is head of Europe's Moon missions, so his thoughts on matters lunar should be taken seriously.

He is concerned that if the Earth were destroyed, there would be little or nothing left of the rich diversity of life on the planet. His solution is to build a DNA library on Earth's satellite.

"If there were a catastrophic collision on Earth or a nuclear war, you could place some samples of Earth's biosphere, including humans, [on the Moon]," he said.

"You could repopulate the Earth afterwards, like a Noah's Ark," he said.

For the time being though, Dr Foing is awaiting the arrival of Europe's first probe to the Moon.

The Smart 1 mission is due to arrive ahead of schedule in November. The spacecraft is testing a range of innovative technologies that should find their way on to many future European Space Agency probes.

It is the first of what he hopes will be a fleet of robotic spacecraft sent to the Moon. They would be used to build a lunar colony.

lets put some fair haired germans up there for good measure as well...

this is awesome because it's halfway towards my goal of being able to shoot goth kids into the sun.

And would it really matter if the Human Race was wiped out...
Omphalus...

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Aww crap. If they do that they'll find the secret alien / NASA bases we have on the dark side of the moon. [/Removes tinfoil hat]

Is there a side of the moon that stays dark? I think we should start shooting shit into space for the hell of it. If global warming is so bad, lets start solar system warming...

Yup

The far side of the Moon is the lunar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon) hemisphere that is permanently turned away from the Earth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth). The opposite side is known as the near side of the Moon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_side_of_the_Moon). The far hemisphere was first photographed by the Soviet Luna 3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_3) probe in 1959, and was first directly observed by human eyes when the Apollo 8 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_8) mission orbited the Moon in 1968. The rugged terrain is distinguished by a multitude of crater impacts, as well as a relative paucity of lunar maria. It includes the largest impact feature in the Solar System: the South Pole-Aitken basin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pole-Aitken_basin). The far side has been suggested as a potential location for a large radio telescope (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_telescope), as it would be shielded from possible radio interference from Earth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_side_of_the_Moon

^^^ Well there you go! Thanks for the explanation...

You mean the moon has no rotation? How will our moon-toilets flush: clockwise, or counterclockwise????

up maybe? I dunno?

And would it really matter if the Human Race was wiped out...

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And who could bring back the samples & repopulate the Earth then ?

You mean the moon has no rotation?

Actually it does. I did a little research about this. The moon spins around its axis at the same rate in which it rotates around the earth. So it takes the same amount of time (approx 29 days) to make one rotation and to make it one trip around the earth. Because of this, we only see one side of the moon.

Wanna read more? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_side_of_the_Moon)