A Harvard University professor proposed a plan of "backing up" human life on the Moon in case of a global catastrophe that will potentially be a platform to create a new "Garden of Eden."
Avi Loeb, who started the "Galileo Project" that challenges conventional thinking and search for extraterrestrial life, said that there are a number of "calamities that could await us."
Professor Loeb said the Artemis I Moon Rocket mission can be used to find a backup for human life in case of global calamity.
He added in his theory that the "backup" will be stored on the Moon and can be updated from the Earth with the help of laser communication channels.
In a statement to The US Sun, Loeb mentioned some possible cases that could harm humanity, such as nuclear war threats, climate change, pandemics, down to the asteroids that can hit the Earth, wiping out all humankind just like the dinosaurs.
"Anything like did can happen and who knows if anyone would survive," he added.
Theory to Reality
Loeb said the theory needs a contingency plan, and he suggested having a system like a backup and a recovery for the Moon, just like the cloud storage in someone's phone.
If a worse situation happens, valuable information, including DNA and other human-created things like books, films, can be stored on the internet.
He clarified that it was only a theory. However, he believes that it could be a realistic mission.
"Technologically, I don't see a big hurdle. I'm talking about an electronic system that's removed from Earth. If there's a human base on the moon, the human race would survive," he explained.
The "humanity backup" can be updated using laser communications, developed by the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), allowing a large amount of informational data to be transferred faster.
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The Moon's Digitalization
Loeb also compared it to an external drive of a laptop used to constantly upload information in case of a computer crash. He likened the theory to the computer being replaced by life on Earth and all human creations of value.
The principle that Professor Loeb explains is that the information can be digitized and stored on the Moon. New things are created on Earth all the time, so it needs to be updated.
"Perhaps Earth represents a failed trial by another civilization," he added. "Of course, rebooting Earth would allow the opportunity of a selective recovery program, in which only positive aspects of our life are reconstructed."
He pointed out a world without negativity, toxicity and unjustified sentiment of superiority by some groups. He was hopeful that in the new world, the people would be kind and cooperative and would treat each other with respect.
He wrote in his essay that he hopes that they will roll the dice of humanity billion times and they may get the "Garden of Eden '' on at least one habitable planet within the Milky Way Galaxy.
His Galileo Project is processing a million dollars to wander the ocean floor of Papua New Guinea, where a space object crashed in 2014.
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