Hide cultural treasures on the moon

The moon is becoming a 'treasure island', the place chosen as a place to hide rare and precious documents of cultures in the event of the end of the world.

On Christmas Eve 1968, the US Space Agency exploded the wrath of atheists when Apollo 8 astronauts read lines on the Book of Genesis while flying. around the moon orbit. Nearly 50 years later, a group of researchers in Israel are planning to send the Jewish Scriptures (Torah) to the surface of Ms. Hang. The famous papyrus recorded Jewish Hebrew could possibly be brought to the moon by the spacecraft along with other important civilizations objects, according to a part of the Google Lunar Xprize project. This is a competition between private companies in an effort to send spacecraft to the planet's natural satellite.

According to New Scientist, the Tel Aviv expert team hopes to send the ancient Sefer Torah scroll to the surface of Ms. Hang, and then the Vedic text of the Hindu religion and the Changes. They will probably land the moon in guard chambers, allowing these precious documents to last more than 10,000 years.'It is a wonderful project and very impressive , ' said leader Paul Aouizerate. 'They are the oldest documents of the earth, created more than 3,000 years ago . ' To raise funds for the mission, his team is hoping to raise $ 20.5 million by copying every word of the 304,804 words on the Torah and auctioning it to the disciples.

The papyrus recorded Jewish Hebrew business - (Photo: mjaa.org.au)

The ultimate goal of the project is to ensure a quintessential part of the earth's culture can exist on the moon in the long term future. If the Earth is destroyed, such as nuclear war or asteroids crashing into the surface of the blue planet, the important part of humanity will not disappear. Previously, the effort has been considered to varying degrees, with many agencies and organizations arguing that humanity needs to create 'time safes' , preserving cultures and societies. on the earth. In fact, two NASA Voyager spacecraft, now approaching interstellar space, carry what is called a "gold profile." This plastic tube contains many different pieces of life and earth culture, from the sound of nature to the image of people. If found, it would be the human heritage in the distant universe.

Meanwhile, this mission is planned to follow one of the cruise ships participating in the Google Lunar XPrize competition to the moon. Initially, Aouizerate's group planned to select a landing ship built by Israel's SpaceIL, but failed to cooperate. Recently, they tried to contact Barcelona Moon Team in Spain but there was no formal agreement. Another challenge lies in how to build an enclosed chamber that can remain in its original state in the harsh conditions of the moon. In the sunlit part, Ms. Hang's surface can reach 123 ° C during the day but drops to -173 ° C at night. The European Space Agency's attempt to create a storage space for the Torah on the moon failed, because the device could not withstand the weather changing so fast and with high frequency.

This is not the first time the world has witnessed the harmony between religion and space. As mentioned above, Apollo 8 astronauts have read the Genesis when on the moon's orbit. Meanwhile, Buzz Aldrin, an astronaut on the Apollo 11, performed a Christian rite before landing on Ms. Hang's surface in July 1969. And Apollo 15 astronauts left the Bible on a device when they left the moon in July 1971.