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Scientists Propose Lunar ‘Noah’s Ark’ to Preserve DNA of Endangered Species (gizmodo.com)
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An idea worth pursuing I guess. My first question: in case this gets forgotten about in the distant future, how could it be marked so there's a good chance of being found?

(Link to the AIBS journal article which inspired the question: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biae058/7715645?login=false )

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[–] thegr8goldfish@startrek.website 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Definitely underground. The temperature swings would be wild otherwise.

[–] Fosheze@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Also the full force solar radiation. That's probably not good for DNA samples either.