The Alliance to Rescue Civilization is an organization devoted to the establishment of an off-Earth "backup" of human civilization. This facility, or group of facilities, would serve to repopulate the Earth after a worldwide disaster or war, preserving as much as possible of both the sciences and the arts. The organization is currently calling for such a backup facility to be built on the Moon in lieu of NASA's plan to return there by 2024.[1]
It was founded by the author and journalist William E. Burrows and the biochemist Robert Shapiro.
References
- ↑ "Armageddon Insurance: Scientist Call for Earth 'Backup' on Moon". 29 August 2007 – via Spiegel Online.
External links
- The Alliance to Rescue Civilization - An Organizational Framework - Internet Archive
- ARC website
- An Alliance to Rescue Civilization, Ad Astra, 1999
- Morgan, Richard (August 1, 2006). "Life After Earth: Imagining Survival Beyond This Terra Firma". New York Times. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
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