THE SUN
HUMANS are sending a rocket packed with evidence of civilisation and DNA of Earth’s flora and fauna into space.
The reason? In case of a ‘nuclear apocalypse’.
Fears over a ‘nuclear apocalypse’ have only grown as militaristic tensions between countries rise and the conflict with Russia rolls on.
But an Israeli company called WEXU has a creative back-up plan.
As part of their so-called Plan B, the company is planning a rocket launch for 2025.
The rocket, known as Ark, will carry a particularly interesting looking time capsule into Earth’s orbit.
Their hope is that it will capture the world as we know it today, with the DNA needed to potentially rebuild our world’s plants and animals with future – or alien – technology.
The time capsule includes an optical drive which is supposed to act as a ‘back up’ for much of the ‘data’ humans have created in our millions of years on Earth.
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