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Scientist suggest building a biorepository on the moon, like a extra terrestrial Svalbard Global Seed Vault. If/when earth collapses how are the survivors going to make it to the moon to kickstart things? Or are we expecting benevolent xenomorphs to bring us back to life?
https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biae058/7715645?login=false [oup.com]
https://mashable.com/article/moon-lunar-repository-life-storage [mashable.com]
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/31/scientists-propose-lunar-biorepository-as-backup-for-life-on-earth [theguardian.com]