From: marsh@panix.com   
      
   On Mon, 18 Jan 2021, 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.   
      
   Our cullturn will not survive long enought to personally reach Mars.   
      
   > 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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