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<\/p>\nScientists have suggested that humans could buy into a “modern global insurance policy” by building an “ark” filled with 6.7 million sperm samples \u2014 on the moon.<\/p>\n
The ark would involve shooting the sperm and ova samples of 6.7 million species up to the moon via multiple payloads. The samples would then be stored in a vault beneath the surface of the moon, in a “lunar pit,” where they could be kept secure.<\/p>\n
According to\u00a0a New York Post report, this would be similar, conceptually, to the\u00a0“Doomsday” seed vault\u00a0in Svalbard, Norway, which currently holds more than a million crop samples originating from almost every country in the world.<\/p>\n
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The team of six researchers from the University of Arizona\u00a0presented their idea\u00a0at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Aerospace Conference, where they said their proposal would protect mankind from extinction.<\/p>\n