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We Came Up With An Idea Of A Modern Noah’s Ark Which Would Preserve Human Knowledge And Art For Future Generations
Noah built an ark for the animals of Earth to escape the flood. Today we store our seeds in the Svalbard vault in case of global disaster. What if this idea was extended to cover all of humankind’s most valuable art, inventions, and ideas, as well as a sample from our natural world?
We store the knowledge of humankind in libraries. We conserve our art in museums and galleries. We hoard the genes of plants and seeds in the Svalbard vault and record and reproduce our lives digitally. If a legacy is something valuable to be passed down, we should be well on our way to the ultimate gift.
When orbital construction commenced on the ISS Legacy X in 2019, it was the natural extension to these ideas. A safeguard. An archive. A collection that preserves and juxtaposes humankind’s achievements and the diversity of the natural world, and asks us to confront the complex relationship between the two.
Though priceless, our true hope for the Legacy X remains that we will never need to use it.
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Directed and produced by
Scott Geersen
Layout & Cinematography
Substance
3D / Lighting / Shading
Rich Nosworthy, Rory McLean, Dan Cowan, Nemanja Ivanovic, Jesus Suarez, Ezequiel Grand, Aaron Covrett, Jason Poley
Edit
Joe Morris
Original Music
Michael Yezerski
Sound Design
Dave Robertson
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Wade Gardner 5 years ago
So, basically, a museum. In space. That no one can get to unless they are already a spacefaring species, who could probably do their own archeological operations anyway, because would you just want to see what the civilization you are studying thought was important, or study everything and make up your own minds?
Andy Derksen 5 years ago
Can't understand either a culture or an individual without knowing what *they* believe and value. Also, archeological reconstructions of a bygone culture are notoriously unreliable because we never have a complete picture. Input from the culture itself is thus extremely helpful.
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Tiffany Marie 5 years ago
Should probably do this... But if the sun will blow up the Earth this will go too. Probably need to move it, else where.
Daria B 5 years ago
There is an SF film about that. The Wandering Earth. Interesting concept.
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Diver Driver 5 years ago
I really do not think humankind is all that. We are totally destroying our environment.
Wade Gardner 5 years ago
So, basically, a museum. In space. That no one can get to unless they are already a spacefaring species, who could probably do their own archeological operations anyway, because would you just want to see what the civilization you are studying thought was important, or study everything and make up your own minds?
Andy Derksen 5 years ago
Can't understand either a culture or an individual without knowing what *they* believe and value. Also, archeological reconstructions of a bygone culture are notoriously unreliable because we never have a complete picture. Input from the culture itself is thus extremely helpful.
Load More Replies... Tiffany Marie 5 years ago
Should probably do this... But if the sun will blow up the Earth this will go too. Probably need to move it, else where.
Daria B 5 years ago
There is an SF film about that. The Wandering Earth. Interesting concept.
Load More Replies... Diver Driver 5 years ago
I really do not think humankind is all that. We are totally destroying our environment.
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