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ESA's Scientist Suggests A Noah's Ark On the Moon
13.7BillionYears writes "Many are familiar with a supermarket tabloid (whose name eludes me) offering ridiculous headlines, one of the most famous being 'Noah's Ark Found on the Moon!' In an ironic twist, that one may yet come to pass. The BBC reports that the European Space Agency's chief scientist, Dr. Bernard Foing, has said that there should be a Noah's Ark on the Moon consisting of a repository for the DNA of every single species of plant and animal, in case the Earth is destroyed by an asteroid or nuclear holocaust. One wonders how you'd go about indexing every life form including undiscovered species and how you'd protect the DNA from radiation."
One wonders how you'd go about indexing every life form...
Two-by-two, of course!
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
This is the ultimate off-site backup!
And any ET's that happen upon a DNA stash would probably be very wary of bringing it back to life.
Unless they're like us!
Jurassic Park 4, anyone? Aliens setup a park to show an extinct race, but when the power fails, the extinct race starts climbing over the walls and killing... each other! 4 billion years in the making!
Of course, they could probably just load the DNA into Random ET Super Computer, hit the "Go" button, and watch it all unfold in a computer simulation with x number of outcomes. Hmm.
That Dr. Foing was watching the animated film TITAN A.E. while half asleep and upon waking, thought he had some amazingly original idea.
Think again Docta Foing!!
(wow that's fun to say out loud)
By Putting it on the Dark Side of the moon.
He who knows not and knows he knows not is a wise man. He who knows not and knows not he knows not is a fool.
> what good is the bucket o' DNA?
Really, man. I've got a bucket o' DNA right next to my porn collection. Trust me, it's not doing anybody any good.
Just get a bunch of mosquitos, and a bunch of tree sap...Then we just need someone to extract them in 65 million years!
I would like to nominate myself and Anna Kournikova as canidates to re-populate the earth. Once funding has been approved the practice sessions can begin.
http://www.kubuntu.org/
The unicorns thought the original was a foolish idea, too.
"Prepare for the worst - hope for the best."