From: dwickford@yahoo.com   
      
   What is the point of going to Mars or the Moon, besides having a look   
   around?  One reason I could think of was for archival purposes, in case   
   some thing bad happened to the home world (Earth), there could be   
   re-establishment of civilization.  It would be nice to come down like   
   aliens for afar, enlighten people, and get them rebuilding a few cities.   
   There are a lot of species with agricultural and farming use, but not   
   sure if actually need to store seeds/embryos, or the genetic data and   
   then make them up again with genetic engineering and a restore from digital.   
      
   Archival generally doesn't make economic sense, and is best provided by   
   government.  Non-profit might make promises, but doesn't always deliver.   
   e.g. archive.org lost some data permanently a few years ago.   
      
   Also it would be nice to have a feature, visible with the naked eye on   
   the Moon, that showed a human construction. Should do some figures, but   
   maybe needing a basic x50 telescope would make the scheme practical.   
      
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