The seed bunker in Norway has been taken a step further, with plans being laid for an information bank buried on the moon, in 2020 and hopefully sooner (although it seems unlikely to be achieved prior to Dec 2012).

It would contain hard discs holding information such as

- DNA sequences
- instructions for metal smelting
- instructions for planting crops

The clever aspect is that it would transmit the data to Earth – no need for us to go back up there to retrieve it.

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