Moon

Venus, Jupiter and the Moon Spectacular Weekend Show – Watch it Online

March 25, 2012
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A month ago, Venus, Jupiter and the crescent Moon aligned beautifully in the  evening sky. Tonight it’s happening again. On March 25th and 26th, the trio will appear side by side in the western sky at sunset. Jupiter and the moon will be closest together at around 9 p.m. EDT. If there are clear skies and good conditions, it should be fairly easy to pick out all three celestial targets with your naked eyes. If you have a pair of binoculars or a telescope, the moon and two bright planets are expected to provide a sky watching treat. Venus...

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Moon Based ‘Doomsday Ark’ – A Toolkit To Rebuild The Human Race

August 8, 2011
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“Eventually, it will be necessary to have a kind of Noah’s ark there, a diversity of species from the biosphere." Bernard Foing, Chief Scientist/Research, European Space Agency

If the human species should be destroyed on Earth, our future may reside on the Moon if plans.being drawn up for a “Doomsday ark” on the moon by the European Space Agency are carried through. The Ark will contain the essentials of life and human civilization, to be activated in the event of earth being devastated by a giant asteroid or nuclear war. The construction of a lunar information bank, discussed at a conference in Strasbourg last year, would provide survivors on Earth with a remote-access toolkit to rebuild the human race. A basic version of the ark would...

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