Renowned magician David Copperfield is lending his support to a remarkable endeavor aimed at dispersing the wealth of human knowledge throughout the expanses of our solar system, ensuring it endures for future generations.
The Arch Mission Foundation (AMF) has already initiated a groundbreaking initiative by placing nickel-based nanofiche disks on the Moon’s surface. These disks serve as a safeguard, containing an archive of human knowledge that could potentially benefit future inhabitants or extraterrestrial beings.
Despite their name, these disks are not constructed from copper. They are 4g read-only disks, measuring 120mm in diameter and a mere 0.04mm in thickness, akin to DVDs but with 25 layers.
The contents of these disks are truly astonishing. Four analog layers hold approximately 60,000 pages of content, accessible through an optical microscope with up to 200-times magnification. The first layer offers insights into the meanings of over a million words and concepts in multiple languages, along with extensive knowledge spanning various fields.
Furthermore, these disks contain instructions on how to access data from the subsequent 21 layers. This additional content includes technical specifications and scientific data, ensuring anyone who discovers these nanofiche disks can retrieve and interpret the digital information contained within.
In total, these layers harbor over 100GB of compressed data, equivalent to approximately 200GB of uncompressed knowledge. They encompass data from sources such as Wikipedia, the Internet Archive, and details on nearly 7,000 languages, including the PanLex dataset.
Hidden within this vast repository are ‘special vaults,’ as reported by Blocks and Files. One such vault contains the secrets of magician David Copperfield, explaining the art and science behind his mesmerizing illusions.
The AMF has a storied history of launching missions, dating back to 2018. In 2019, they achieved a major milestone by successfully placing a Lunar Library on the Moon, containing a staggering 30 million pages of information. Since then, they have continued to expand this lunar archive with subsequent missions. Moreover, they have ambitious plans to embark on a mission to Mars starting in 2025, with libraries slated to be transmitted to the orbit and surface of the red planet in the coming decades.
The overarching goal of these missions is to provide a cosmic legacy. The hope is that one day, whether by future Earth inhabitants or extraterrestrial beings, these archives will be discovered. With the guidance contained within, they can build a DVD player based on the provided instructions and unlock the collective knowledge of humanity, including the enigmatic secrets of David Copperfield’s success.
