![]() Despite our best laid plans, humans alone cannot make this jump, we will need to carry a viable natural ecosystem with us. A second factor in backing up Earth's rich biodiversity is in preparation for humanity's quest to colonize and permanently settle off-world environments. Humanity as custodians of planet Earth have a unique responsibility to protect Earth and its rich biodiversity. A plan to backup Earth's biodiversity is desperately needed in the event of a major Earthly catastrophe! Without such a backup we move loose some of our rich ecosystems forever and potentially threaten humanity's food supply and its future existence. These threats can topple human civilization and have a major negative cascading effect on the Earth's environment leading to mass-extinctions or even total annihilation. We estimate needing to 6.7 million species of plants, animals and fungi species.Įarth faces many dire threats of nuclear war, accelerated climate change, environmental poisoning, and natural disasters such as super-volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, asteroid impacts and solar storms. These shelters could be the ideal location for preserving seeds, spores sperms, eggs, and DNA of Earth's rich biodiversity. The lava tubes are thought to stretch at least hundreds of meters to a few kilometers. ![]() Considering that these lava tubes are nearly 80-100 m below the surface of the Moon, they are ready-made shelter from solar and cosmic radiation, extreme temperature swings, and small meteorite impacts. SpaceTREx in collaboration with the ASTEROIDS Laboratory has proposed utilization of lunar lava tubes as a modern day "Lunar Ark." These subsurface lava tubes are only 4-5 days journey from Earth and are hypothesized to be pristine for 3-4 billion years. Sign-Up for the Latest News and Ways to Help the Lunar Ark Project Stats Hubble Telescope used to study rare metal asteroid which could have been a protoplanet - Stats NASA asteroid probe stows space-rock sample for return to Earth - Stats Hubble Examines Massive Metal Asteroid Called ‘Psyche’ That’s Worth Way More Than Our Global Economy - Stats NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Successfully Stows Sample of Asteroid Bennu - Stats SpaceX delayed its NASA astronaut launch because a red 'nail polish' material was plugging part of its rocket engines - Stats NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe successfully stores small sample of asteroid rocks in its belly - Stats New nuclear engine concept could help realize 3-month trips to Mars - Stats Asteroid samples tucked into capsule for return to Earth - Stats Heads up, ‘Meteor Garden’ fans! An F4 reunion is happening - Stats NASA and ESA finalize agreement to build Gateway deep space outpost - Stats A NASA spacecraft circling Jupiter has captured the planet's colorful electrical outbursts - sprites and elves - for the first time - Stats Typhoon Rolly lumakas pa Signal Number 1 itinaas sa Catanduanes - Stats MAHALIN MO DIN ANG IYONG SARILI | HOMILY | FR.Press Release - Ma| IEEE Aerospace Paper | Presentation (Youtube) Most trending now Massive asteroid is gaining speed on its path towards Earth - Stats La NASA encuentra por primera vez figuras de luz en la atmósfera de Júpiter | Video | CNN - Stats Hubble telescope gives closer look at rare asteroid worth $10,000,000,000,000,000,000 - Stats NASA scientists discovered a 'very weird' molecule in the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan.
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