The Moon as backup drive for civilization
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Backing up civilization’s collective hard drive—its recorded archive—on the Moon and creating a self-sufficient colony there precisely so it can act as a lifeboat in case a calamity strikes Earth: that’s the rationale for a new book from Forge Books, The Survival Imperative: Using Space to Protect Earth, according to author William E. Burrows.
“That should be the overarching reason for moving there, not to mine resources or for the sake of a grand adventure. And the move outward must start with the Moon, not Mars. The Moon is three or four days away, not a year, so it makes logistical sense and is cheaper. And if there’s an accident on the Moon, help or a safe haven are likewise four days away. Finally, the lunar colony ought to be NASA’s overriding (but not only) mission, especially since it walked off a cliff after Apollo. That’s what the book is about.It’s my gift to the home planet.”
Burrows presents a dramatic scenario of a killer-asteroid impact and highlights other existential risks facing the Earth, including nuclear war, terrorism, and in the future, graygoo and nanoweapons—”a far greater danger” than nuclear weapons, he says, quoting Ray Kurzweil’s The Age of Spiritual Machines. And he lays out a revitalized national space program that coordinates efforts in global defense, environmental protection, communications, and military security.
“Planetary defense should be conducted, not as a major program within the space agency, but as the agency’s highly focused, overarching, mission…. The core mission, in its totality, would send humans and robots to space for mutually supportive operations specifically designed to protect the planet. That is to say, NASA, its collective foreign counterparts, and other cooperating U.S. agencies, should assume the role of Earth’s guardians.”
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