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Lunar Codex: Digitised works of 30,000 artists to be archived on moon

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Tags: moon, solar system, archives.digital, artists, lunar codex, technology, nanofiche, author.ian sample, source.the guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/01/lunar-codex-30000-digitised-works-of-human-creativity-to-be-put-on-moon

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Authors
Ian Sample
Published
Aug 1 2023
Word count
719 words

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  1. Immortal
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    This is interesting. Reminds me of the Voyager's golden record. I wish things like this were also released to the public as a torrent or something.

    This is interesting. Reminds me of the Voyager's golden record. I wish things like this were also released to the public as a torrent or something.

    5 votes
  2. Aurimus
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    I really like this idea - it feels like an extension of the 3-2-1, where the “one offsite backup” is on a different rock in the night sky as opposed to down here. Sure, that’s extreme, but this is...

    I really like this idea - it feels like an extension of the 3-2-1, where the “one offsite backup” is on a different rock in the night sky as opposed to down here.

    Sure, that’s extreme, but this is more for preservation than for “high availability” from aws or whatever

    3 votes