From: dwickford@yahoo.com   
      
   On 18/01/2021 17:38, Dave wrote:   
   > 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.   
   This should get hashtag #tagthemoon  The advantage here is that viewing   
   would be one of those things every right thinking person would want to   
   do once in their lifetime, causing a global consciousness shift.   
      
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