Reddit chose which picture will go to the moon in 2017

Representatives of the international nonprofit organization Lunar Mission One suggested that ordinary editors choose one picture that will go to the moon as part of the company's first launch. With margin (4026 points and a few other comments on the same picture) crossed the finish line image on the left, the author of which is Pedro Dionisia. Other applicants can be found after the kata.

Lunar Mission One is a non-profit attempt to unmanned landing on the moon and perform several scientific tasks through crowdfunding. The program has attracted attention in 2014 after users kraudfandingovoy site Kickstarter chippedto conduct the first stage of the project. Then the minimum goal was broken: the backers donated 672 thousand pounds, or about a million dollars. In total, the project requires about 500 million pounds (≈770 million $). It is planned to collect this amount from ordinary people by selling the opportunity to send any information to the moon.

In parallel with the beginning of the selection of pictures, the head of Lunar Mission One gave an interview in the subreddit / r / IAmA, in which he answered the questions of the editors. Thus, a prominent public relations campaign was held.

So, the program is divided into two starts. The first start in 2017 will deliver to the moon a regular disk (it is expected that this will be Blu-ray), on which data will be recorded. The launch will be carried out in cooperation with Astrobotic Technology, with it alreadysigned a contract. The disk will be located directly on the surface of the moon. No goals are set to ensure long-term data integrity. This can not but rejoice if you look at some of the pictures proposed by the editors. One of the proposed pictures, 1840 points. The purpose of the first stage is simply to convey to the whole world information about the existence of the project. Information on the disk does not last long. Now the first disk accepts files from everyone for a relatively moderate fee. For example, for $ 250 you can purchase the ability to send 30 megabytes of data in 2017 and hair in 2024. Photos of footprints or shoes of any person can get to the moon . These photos will take up most of the disk.






The second and main part is planned for 2024, and now it is already connected with full-fledged scientific tasks. The device will land at the South Pole of the Moon, drill several tens of meters of the lunar surface and extract the lunar rock. Onboard there will be cameras, a seismograph, thermometers, a mass spectrometer, equipment for radio research and other scientific instruments. It is planned to study the blade during drilling, as well as placing some tools in the drilled hole. The data obtained will help to understand how lunar rocks were formed, how they are arranged, whether long-term colonization of the moon is possible. Research will also answer a number of other questions . One of the proposed pictures, 2541 points.




After that, a memorial data capsule will be placed in the hole. The launch archive of 2024 can last a billion years due to cold (about −150 ° С), lack of atmosphere, protection from cosmic rays and general biological, physical and chemical inertness. Over the next three years, Lunar Mission One will try to create materials for digital media. Scientists are now being sought to observe and guide this work.

The billion-year-old capsule will be split into two parts: public and private archives. The public will contain records of life on Earth, the history of human civilization and scientific data on organisms. Its content will be regulated by the competent authorities and will be made publicly available. But the contents of the private archive will belong to customers who will pay for the entire mission. Unlike the 2017 short-term capsule, which accepts any data, the content of the long-term 2024 will be somehow regulated. An example of the data that can be sent is the complete genetic code in the hair. Dickbutt was one of the favorites, but he still passed the sloth in a spacesuit. This version scored 1600 points.




The Lunar Mission One team already has plans for the future after both launches. An attempt is planned to return samples from the South Pole. The head of the company says that this will probably be done by a private or public agency as part of a manned or robotic mission. On Earth, studies of samples of drilled samples of lunar rock will be more accurate and complete. For example, it will be possible to better understand the formation of lunar rocks during the origin of life on Earth, which will clarify the last process.

The rest of the plans are limited by the amount of money that will be earned on temporary capsules. Market research predicts that with worldwide participation, the amount could reach several billion dollars. Critics of the project just need to hint at the similarity of the name Lunar Mission One to Mars One, although the plans of the latter are much more grandiose and vague .

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