Document Type
Article
Original Publication Date
1996
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of the British Interplanetary Society
Volume
49
First Page
319
Last Page
320
Date of Submission
August 2017
Abstract
Genetic materials of endangered species must be maintained, for cryoconservation, permanently near liquid nitrogen temperatures below 77 K. Due to the instability of human institutions, permanent safety is best provided at storage sites that maintain passively the needed low temperatures, and provide barriers to access. The required conditions are available in permanently shaded polar lunar craters with equilibrium temperatures of 8 to 40 K, on the moons of Saturn, and unshielded storage satellites. A genetic depository can be incorporated readily into planned lunar programmes.
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