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It's interesting to see the disinterest of comments so far. It's good to hope for the best but we cannot eliminate the possibility of catastrophic event. I was
by shanxS 7y ago
It's interesting to see the disinterest of comments so far. It's good to hope for the best but we cannot eliminate the possibility of catastrophic event.
I was hoping that there would be some plan to download as much information as possible and send it to orbit (I dont know what will happen after that). And at same time copying it in several locations across planet in a "easy" to read format/technology (hard copy, anyone?).
I think there should be a growing body of people downloading dumps of Wikipedia/arxiv.org (add other such websites) and dumping them in a silo in local library or basement etc.
But that's just me. Let the down votes begin. =)
- LyndsySimon 7y agoA visible satellite in a very stable orbit isn’t a terrible contingency plan...
- java-man 7y agowhy not?
- shanxS 7y agoOh yea... and it can constantly transmit data to earth and whoever is listening can re-create entire dump over time!
- LyndsySimon 7y agoOn the timescales it would be truly useful, any reasonable power source would degrade and electronics would fail due to solar radiation. That would be made worse because (I think) a stable orbit would be outside the Van Allen belts and subject to stronger radiation. Physical plates would be best... but honestly, a visible and obviously man made object in orbit would be in and of itself symbolic and perhaps inspiring to a follow up civilization if ours were to collapse and enter a dark age.