My understanding is that the surviving humans shelter in "the cleft", which is a fragment of the moon. They then use biotechnology techniques to repopulate. Eve

My understanding is that the surviving humans shelter in "the cleft", which is a fragment of the moon. They then use biotechnology techniques to repopulate. Even when limited to the biotech operations, they would need a lot of carbon based materials. Keith Robison has some thoughts on it: http://omicsomics.blogspot.co.nz/2015/12/thoughts-on-synthetic-biology-of.html http://omicsomics.blogspot.co.nz/2015/12/thoughts-on-synthet...