30-Million-Page Archive of Humanity’s Achievements (and Failures) Headed To Moon

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A 30-Million-Page Archive Of Humanity’s Achievements (and Failures) Is Headed To The Moon
The DVD-sized archive composed of 25 nickel film discs was custom-manufactured by NanoArchival for the Arch Mission Foundation to store a dizzying amount of information in analogue and digital formats. While we don’t have a reliable way to say for certain that the device can withstand extreme temperatures and radiation blasts for billions of years, that’s the dream. According to the AMF, the first four layers of the 120mm disc contain tiny analogue etchings that can be seen with a low-powered microscope. In all, they contain 60,000 images of documents, photographs, books, and illustrations. The first layer can be viewed at 100x magnification and the next three layers contains etchings that are 10 times smaller.

(NanoArchival’s technology apparenlty comes from NanoRosetta and Stamper Technology, Inc. Ed.)