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    Could This Work? Smithsonian's Mary Hagedorn Proposes a Biodiversity Backup Plan Near the Lunar South Pole
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    Could This Work? Smithsonian’s Mary Hagedorn Proposes a Biodiversity Backup Plan Near the Lunar South Pole

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    1. reddit455 on

      it could work.

      [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault)

      The **Svalbard Global Seed Vault** ([Norwegian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_language): *Svalbard globale frøhvelv*) is a secure backup facility for the world’s crop diversity on the [Norwegian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway) island of [Spitsbergen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitsbergen) in the remote [Arctic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic) [Svalbard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard) [archipelago](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archipelago).

    2. VdersFishNChips on

      I mean, yeah, it’ll work. Just as (or more) effective would be to do this on earth though. And cheaper. Also, already being done.

      But if we’re going there anyway, I can’t see why not. Also, Mars, etc. when we go. Let’s do cool stuff and spread life.

      > I can’t see why not

      Queue the ignorant misanthropist “We messed up this planet so billionaires are fleeing to space” crowd.