NASA Plans To Send Data To The Moon, And It Involves Blockchain Technology

DATA SECURITY IS A HOT TOPIC THESE DAYS, BUT FEW SOLUTIONS PROPOSE SENDING THE INFORMATION TO THE MOON.

YET, THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN NASA, FLORIDA-BASED COMPUTING FIRM LONESTAR, AND THE TINY BRITISH ISLAND OF THE ISLE OF MAN PLANS TO DO. THE BRITISH CROWN DEPENDENCY WILL USE STAMPS SELECTED BY ITS POST OFFICE AS TEST DATA.

THE PARTNERS WILL SEND A BOOK-SIZED ‘CUBE’ CAPABLE OF STORING APPROXIMATELY ONE TERABYTE OF DATA TO THE MOON BEFORE TRANSMITTING IT BACK TO EARTH, WHERE IT WILL BE STORED ON A BLOCKCHAIN (PRESUMABLY A PRIVATE ONE).

WHY IS THIS BEING ATTEMPTED? IT’S PART OF AN EFFORT TO PROTECT HUMANITY’S MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES AND CREATIONS FROM CATASTROPHIC LOSS, SUCH AS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LIBRARY OF ALEXandria

IS THIS GOING A BIT FAR? SOME SKEPTICS THINK SO, BUT THAT HASN’T DETERRED THE PARTNERS INVOLVED, AND THE TEST MISSION IS SET TO LAUNCH FROM U.S. SOIL IN FEBRUARY 2024.