Like God. Seriously !
The European Space Agency's chief scientist has said that there should be a Noah's Ark on the Moon, in case the Earth is destroyed by an asteroid or nuclear holocaust. Speaking exclusively to BBC News at the British Association Science Festival, Dr Bernard Foing said that 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 the Moon. "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]. 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. That mission is due to arrive ahead of schedule in November. 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.
How about the good Dr. taking some time out to reverse the judges ruling that the big companies can monopolize food production and that only a few varieties of food? and the genetic enginering that is also restricting the variety of food? and the poachers and the people (rich ones in europe?) who buy from the poachers who are driving up the number of endangered species? Wouldn't that be more profitable than a very expensive very insecure ark on the moon. Who says that if we got it all up there and a war did happen technology would exist to go back and retrieve it?

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