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Moon Landing's Payloads Include Archive of Human Knowledge, Lunar Data Center Test, NFTs


In 2019 a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched an Israeli spacecraft carrying a 30-million page archive of human civilization to the moon. Unfortunately, that spacecraft crashed. But thanks to this week's moon landing by the Odysseus, there's now a 30-million page "Lunar Library" on the moon — ac...

Etched onto thin sheets of nickel, called NanoFiche, the Lunar Library is practically indestructible and can withstand the harsh conditions of space... The SETI Institute's Earthling Project, featuring a musical compilation of 10,000 vocal submissions representing humanity united The Arch Lunar Art Archive containing a collection of works from global contemporary and digital artists in 2022, recorded as NFTs. We will continue to send backups of our important knowledge and cultural heritage — placing them on the surface of the Earth, in caves and deep underground bunkers and mines, and around the solar system as well.

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