Tag: Arch Mission Foundation
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Xplore and Arch Mission plan to send humanity’s archives to moon and beyond
An artist’s conception shows Xcraft, the spacecraft being developed by Xplore for interplanetary missions. (Xplore Illustration) Seattle-based Xplore and the Arch Mission Foundation are teaming up on what sounds like “Mission: Impossible”: a plan to send the foundation’s Arch Libraries on space odysseys to the moon, Mars, Venus and near-Earth asteroids starting in 2021. The…
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Arch Mission partners with Microsoft, University of Washington and Twist to send DNA library to moon
An artist’s conception shows Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander on the lunar surface. (Astrobotic Illustration) DNA-based data storage systems have been proposed as a theoretical way to preserve information for millennia on the moon, but the idea isn’t so theoretical anymore. The Arch Mission Foundation says it’s partnering with Microsoft, the University of Washington and Twist Bioscience…
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Arch Mission teams up with Astrobotic to send Wikipedia and more to the moon
The Lunar Library will be stored as microfiche images etched on stamp-sized squares of nickel. A dime is set among the squares to provide a sense of scale. (Arch Mission Foundation Photo) The Arch Mission Foundation is partnering with Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic to have a miniaturized library sent to the moon’s surface aboard a lunar lander…