We’ve been writing so much about Mars lately that we’ve almost forgotten another familiar friendly face in the sky: the moon. Our constant companion, the subject of poetry, music and entire religions throughout human history. In 2021, scientists looked up at our sweet sister of the solar system and thought ‘Man, it could use a little jizz.’
Well, jizz and eggs, but eggs are not nearly as funny.
This is a serious science, so you know that it’s actually going to be equal parts wonderful and depressing. The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) held its annual aviation conference this weekend. One of the presentations comes from the University of Arizona and has the title: “Moon pits and lava tubes for a modern ark. The presentation states that we are prepared to store a catalog of the plant’s seeds on a remote North Pole island. Do not we precious body fluids get similar treatment?
Of Under:
[…] The crux of their proposal is that they want to build a sperm bank under the dusty regolith of the lunar surface for conservation.
This ‘insurance policy’ for the future of mankind and all the species of the earth would be a repository of reproductive cells, including sperm and eggs. They suggest that the bank may act like an ark seed safe on Svalbard now, in case of disaster.
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The University of Arizona’s plans for a celestial sperm and egg box involve storing the cells in the lunar pits. The moon was marked with 200 of these pits, which are 80 to 100 meters deep, where lava had previously flowed on the moon. They can protect against dramatic temperature changes, asteroids or radiation.
See? Sending sperm to the moon only makes ecological sense. The team was unclear about whose genetic material would reach the moon, but I have something modest.
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The team behind the Modern Ark concept is also not sleeping. Presented for the team, Jekan Thanga heads the Space and Terrestrial Robotic Exploration (SpaceTREx) laboratory and the NASA-supported ASTEROIDS (Asteroid Science, Technology and Exploration Research organized by Inclusive eDucation Systems) laboratory at the University of Arizona. He reminded his audience that genetic material is being sent to the moon is not only funny to the immature bloggers of the world, it can be vital for biodiversity in the event of a major disaster or simply old climate change.
The reason we should consider sending sperm and eggs from humans and animals to the moon is that the earth is an increasingly risky place for life, especially thanks to our humans. From the video description of the talk:
It will serve as a global insurance policy. Earth has the probability of danger due to various natural disasters and human threats, such as the global nuclear war, which could wipe out a large number of species in a short time. Lunar lava tubes were discovered in 2013 and probably remained untouched for 3-4 billion years. They are only 4-5 days away from Earth. It is an excellent protection against lunar surface temperature fluctuations, cosmic radiation and micro-meteorites.
Our people can make the earth so uninhabitable that the only life is the hope of hiding in underground tunnels on the sterile moon. See? I knew we could turn something as rock n ‘roll as a blog about jizz on the moon into something depressing. Science!