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{{short description|Knowledge preservation project}}
{{Infobox organization
| name                = Arch Mission Foundation
| logo                = 
| type                = Non-profit
| tax_id              = 81-3446615
| foundation          = 
| formation           = {{start date and age|2016|10|24}}<ref>{{cite web |author1=Nova Spivack |title=Let's Put the Wikipedia in Space: The Arch Project |url=http://www.novaspivack.com/uncategorized/wikipedia-in-space |access-date=2020-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527205350/http://www.novaspivack.com/uncategorized/wikipedia-in-space |archive-date=May 27, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><br>Spring, Texas, U.S.
| founders            = Nova Spivack<br>Nick Slavin
| location_city       = Spring, Texas, U.S.<br>Los Angeles, California
| location_country    = U.S.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://archmission.org/about| publisher=Arch Mission| title=About Our Mission| access-date=April 13, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414092027/https://archmission.org/about| archive-date=April 14, 2018| url-status=live}}</ref>
| key_people          = Nova Spivack, co-founder<br />Nick Slavin, co-founder
| purpose             = Cultural preservation
| homepage            = {{url|https://archmission.org|ArchMission.org}}
}}
'''Arch Mission Foundation''' is a non-profit organization whose goal is to create multiple redundant repositories of human knowledge around the Solar System, including on Earth.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://science.howstuffworks.com/lunar-library-backup-human-knowledge-on-moon.htm |title=The Lunar Library: A Backup of Human Knowledge Is Going to the Moon |last=Shields |first=Jesslyn |date=March 8, 2019 |website= |publisher=HowStuffWorks |access-date=March 28, 2021 |quote=}}</ref> The organization was founded by Nova Spivack and Nick Slavin in 2015 and incorporated in 2016.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/02/07/elon-musk-sent-up-something-else-unusual-in-that-rocket-besides-a-tesla/| publisher=Mercury News| title=Elon Musk Sent Up Something Else Unusual in  That Rocket Besides a Tesla| first=Patrick| last=May| date=February 7, 2018| access-date=April 13, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414091924/https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/02/07/elon-musk-sent-up-something-else-unusual-in-that-rocket-besides-a-tesla/| archive-date=April 14, 2018| url-status=live}}</ref>

The Arch Mission plans to deliver multiple backups of civilization to locations around the Solar System as part of a distributed backup strategy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://futurism.com/digital-archive-human-history-moon |title=Israeli Moon Lander Is Carrying a Vast Backup of Human Knowledge |last=Robitzski |first=Dan |date=February 25, 2019 |website= |publisher=Futurism |access-date=March 28, 2021 |quote=}}</ref>

==Project==
The foundation plans "multiple...Arch libraries intended to preserve and disseminate humanity's knowledge across time and space for the benefit of future generations".<ref name="The SpaceX launch included a small library that could orbit the Sun for millions of years">{{cite web | url=http://abc30.com/technology/theres-now-a-library-in-space-that-could-last-millions-of-years/3062830/ | title=The SpaceX launch included a small library that could orbit the Sun for millions of years | publisher=ABC 30 Action News | date=February 10, 2018 | accessdate=February 14, 2018 | author=Clemens, Danny | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214121427/http://abc30.com/technology/theres-now-a-library-in-space-that-could-last-millions-of-years/3062830/ | archive-date=February 14, 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref> The foundation is technology agnostic and will use whichever storage technology is best for its purposes including multiple technologies. The first method used is "[[5D optical data storage|5D laser optical data storage in quartz]]", which will reportedly remain readable for up to 14 billion years, resist cosmic radiation, and can withstand temperatures up to 1,000°C.<ref name="Hidden on the Falcon Heavy were the first books for a space library">{{cite web | url=http://bigthink.com/robby-berman/hidden-on-the-falcon-heavy-were-the-first-books-for-a-space-library | title=Hidden on the Falcon Heavy were the first books for a space library | publisher=Big Think | date=February 13, 2018 | accessdate=February 14, 2018 | author=Berman,  Robby | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215023711/http://bigthink.com/robby-berman/hidden-on-the-falcon-heavy-were-the-first-books-for-a-space-library | archive-date=February 15, 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=fortune>{{cite web| url=http://fortune.com/2018/02/10/asimov-foundation-falcon-heavy/| publisher=Fortune| title=Elon Musk Sent This Classic Sci-Fi Novel Into Space on the Falcon Heavy| first=David Z.| last=Morris| date=February 10, 2018| access-date=April 13, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414172315/http://fortune.com/2018/02/10/asimov-foundation-falcon-heavy/| archive-date=April 14, 2018| url-status=live}}</ref> The foundation also plans on spinning off companies based on patents from research groups involved with the technologies it uses to fund itself in the future.<ref name=letzer/>

==Data Archives==
===Arch disks 1 through 5 ===
As a proof of concept of the [[5D optical data storage|5D optical data storage]] technology, Arch made 5 disks each containing Isaac Asimov's ''Foundation'' trilogy comprising about 3 megabytes each.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2018/02/14/arch-library-created-using-5d-optical-storage-technology/| publisher=Storage Newsletter| title=Arch Library Created Using 5D Optical Storage Technology| date=February 14, 2018| access-date=April 13, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414091750/https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2018/02/14/arch-library-created-using-5d-optical-storage-technology/| archive-date=April 14, 2018| url-status=live}}</ref> The disks were created by Peter Kazansky at the [[Organization:University of Southampton|University of Southampton]]'s Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC), the inventor of the 5D optical data storage technology and who is on Arch Mission Foundation's "Science and Technology Council".<ref name=optics>{{cite web |url=http://optics.org/news/9/2/10 |title=Optical 'Superman' memory flies with orbiting Tesla |work=Optics |author= |date=February 7, 2018 |accessdate=February 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207172513/http://optics.org/news/9/2/10 |archive-date=February 7, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> The discs are considered the longest-lasting storage objects ever created by humans.<ref name=scialert/>

==Solar Library==
In December 2017, when Arch co-founder Nova Spivack heard that SpaceX was [[Engineering:Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster|launching a Tesla into space]], Spivack [[Company:Twitter#Tweets|tweeted]] to Musk who jumped at the opportunity to include one on the mission - Musk was a book fan. Musk was also given the 1.1 disk for his private library.<ref name=mashable>{{cite web |url=https://mashable.com/2018/02/09/elon-musk-tesla-roadster-space-library/ |title=Forget the Tesla, Elon Musk launched the first books in an ever-lasting space library |work=Mashable |author=Chris Taylor |date=February 9, 2018 |accessdate=February 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218090251/https://mashable.com/2018/02/09/elon-musk-tesla-roadster-space-library/ |archive-date=February 18, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Backing Up Humanity: First Arch Launched on Falcon Heavy">{{cite web | url=https://insights.globalspec.com/article/7975/backing-up-humanity-first-arch-launched-on-falcon-heavy | publisher=Engineering360 | title=Backing Up Humanity: First Arch Launched on Falcon Heavy | date=February 14, 2018 | accessdate=February 14, 2018 | author=Olson, Eric | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215023805/https://insights.globalspec.com/article/7975/backing-up-humanity-first-arch-launched-on-falcon-heavy | archive-date=February 15, 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref> The 1.2 disk, named the 'Solar Library' by the Arch Mission Foundation also represents the first permanent space library,<ref>{{cite web| url=https://futurism.com/spacexs-secret-falcon-heavy-payload/| publisher=Futurism| title=Everything You Need to Know about SpaceX's Secret Falcon Heavy Payload| first=Chelsea| last=Gohd| date=February 12, 2018| access-date=April 13, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414172208/https://futurism.com/spacexs-secret-falcon-heavy-payload/| archive-date=April 14, 2018| url-status=live}}</ref> and is projected to orbit around the Sun for at least a few million years.<ref name=mashable/>  The Solar Library was launched on the SpaceX [[Engineering:Falcon Heavy test flight|Falcon Heavy test flight]] on February 6, 2018, inside Musk's red Tesla Roadster.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.space.com/39623-elon-musk-tesla-roadster-space-easter-eggs.html| publisher=Space.com| title='A Car in Deep Space': Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster Leaves Earth With 'Easter Eggs'| first=Robert Z.| last=Pearlman| date=February 7, 2018| access-date=April 13, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414091818/https://www.space.com/39623-elon-musk-tesla-roadster-space-easter-eggs.html| archive-date=April 14, 2018| url-status=live}}</ref> The payload was placed in an elliptical orbit that extends nearly 243 million miles from the Sun at its farthest point.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.space.com/39619-spacex-falcon-heavy-roadster-to-asteroid-belt.html| publisher=Space.com| title=Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster is Headed to the Asteroid Belt| first=Tariq| last=Malik| date=February 7, 2018| access-date=April 13, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414172223/https://www.space.com/39619-spacex-falcon-heavy-roadster-to-asteroid-belt.html| archive-date=April 14, 2018| url-status=live}}</ref>

== Lunar Library ==
In 2019, the Arch Mission sent the Lunar Library, a 30 million page library of books, data, images and a copy of English Wikipedia to the Moon aboard the Israeli [[Astronomy:Beresheet|Beresheet Lander]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Taylor|first=Chris|date=April 16, 2019|title=There may be a copy of Wikipedia somewhere on the moon. Here's how to help find it|publisher=Mashable|location=|url=https://mashable.com/article/moon-library-beresheet-crash-wikipedia/|access-date=March 28, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Pignataro|first=Juliana Rose|date=July 2, 2019|title=What's Your Moonshot? One Man's Quest for a Billion Year Archive Stored in the Solar System|work=Newsweek|location=|url=https://www.newsweek.com/whats-your-moonshot-one-mans-quest-billion-year-archive-stored-solar-system-1446886|access-date=March 28, 2021}}</ref> The Lunar Library also contained an unannounced microscopic sample of [[Biology:Tardigrade|tardigrades]], a form of life that can go into suspended animation and survive in space. Nova Spivack called himself a "[[Social:Space pirate|space pirate]]" who contaminated the Moon by doing so, while some scientists argued that tardigrades were already present there. The Lunar Library also contains several vaults of secret content, including David Copperfield's magic secrets, a cafe's unpublished recipe for ''queso'', a microscopic shrine including relics and spiritual texts, and a sample of the Bodhi leaf from India.<ref>{{cite news|last=Oberhaus|first=Daniel|date=August 5, 2019|title=A Crashed Israeli Lunar Lander Spilled Tardigrades on the Moon|work=Wired|location=|url=https://www.wired.com/story/a-crashed-israeli-lunar-lander-spilled-tardigrades-on-the-moon/|access-date=March 28, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Karlis|first=Nicole|date=August 9, 2019|title=Private Israeli spacecraft may have contaminated the Moon|work=Salon|location=|url=https://www.salon.com/2019/08/09/private-israeli-spacecraft-may-have-contaminated-the-moon/|access-date=March 28, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Cape|first=Jessi|date=February 22, 2019|title=Mayor Adler Sends Kerbey Queso Recipe to the Moon on a SpaceX Rocket ... Seriously|work=The Austin Chronicle|location=|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/food/2019-02-22/mayor-adler-sends-kerbey-queso-recipe-to-the-moon-on-a-spacex-rocket-seriously/|access-date=March 28, 2021}}</ref>

=== Method of storing information ===
The methods used to store the library was by etching high-resolution microscopic images into 25 thin layers of nickel. The first four layers include approximately 60,000 pages of textbooks, books on language, and information to be able to unravel the deeper layers.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Oberhaus|first=Daniel|title=A Crashed Israeli Spacecraft Spilled Tardigrades on the Moon|language=en-US|work=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/story/a-crashed-israeli-lunar-lander-spilled-tardigrades-on-the-moon/|access-date=2022-01-09|issn=1059-1028}}</ref>

[[Biology:DNA digital data storage|DNA digital data storage]] is also used to store 20,000 images and 20 notable books.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Moskowitz|first=Clara|title=DNA-Coded "Lunar Library" Aims to Preserve Civilization for Millennia|url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dna-coded-lunar-library-aims-to-preserve-civilization-for-millennia/|access-date=2022-01-09|website=Scientific American|language=en}}</ref> The analog layers of the Lunar Library have instructions to decode the DNA and be able to retrieve the digital information in it.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lunar library to include photos, books stored in DNA|url=https://www.washington.edu/news/2018/09/27/memoriesindna_in_space/|access-date=2022-01-09|website=UW News|language=en}}</ref>

==Other projects==
Arch hopes to seed the [[Astronomy:Solar System|Solar System]] with millions and possibly billions of archives into "all kinds of locations".<ref name=letzer>{{cite web |url=https://www.livescience.com/61714-space-archive-falcon-heavy.html |title=The Most Interesting Thing Shot into Space This Week Wasn't a Tesla |work=Live Science |author=Rafi Letzter |date=February 9, 2018 |accessdate=March 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316084714/https://www.livescience.com/61714-space-archive-falcon-heavy.html |archive-date=March 16, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> It wants to build a permanent library on the Moon and on Mars.<ref name=letzer/><ref name=fortune/> Arch envisions its small light-weight disks might be an alternative means of moving large amounts of data between Earth and Mars as opposed to radio signals.<ref name=letzer/> Longer term they envision connecting the Arch Libraries through a decentralised read-write data sharing network that spans the Solar System.<ref name=scialert>{{cite web |url=https://www.sciencealert.com/spacex-launched-second-secret-payload-designed-last-millions-years-tesla-arch |title=SpaceX Hid a Second, Secret Payload Aboard Falcon Heavy, And It Sounds Amazing |work=Science Alert |author=Peter Dockrill |date=February 12, 2018 |accessdate=March 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217203039/https://www.sciencealert.com/spacex-launched-second-secret-payload-designed-last-millions-years-tesla-arch |archive-date=February 17, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Data in the libraries will include [[Wikipedia]], [[Project Gutenberg]], human genomes, and other large open-data sets.<ref name=letzer/> They will also allow donations of money to instruct that certain data be included, and will do so without censorship of what can be included.<ref name=letzer/> The foundation cites the likelihood that a being developed enough to find and read the information would already possess significant technology as the reason for not prioritizing scientific data sets.<ref name=letzer/>

In February 2018, the Arch Mission successfully placed an archive called the Orbital Library, which contains a copy of Wikipedia, into low-Earth orbit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/The_Arch_Mission_Foundation_and_SpaceChain_Create_Orbital_Library_999.html|title=The Arch Mission Foundation and SpaceChain Create Orbital Library|accessdate=February 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204094938/http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/The_Arch_Mission_Foundation_and_SpaceChain_Create_Orbital_Library_999.html|archive-date=February 4, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The Arch Mission has also built a payload called the Lunar Library, which serves as a backup to planet Earth<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Arch Mission Foundation Announces Launch of Lunar Library Aboard Beresheet Lander – Parabolic Arc|url=http://www.parabolicarc.com/2019/02/25/arch-mission-foundation-announces-launch-lunar-library-aboard-beresheet-lander/|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121122416/http://www.parabolicarc.com/2019/02/25/arch-mission-foundation-announces-launch-lunar-library-aboard-beresheet-lander/|archive-date=November 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> and contains scientific, cultural and historical information in almost 30 languages and several encyclopedias including Wikipedia. The Lunar Library was set to arrive on the Moon on the Israeli spacecraft ''[[Astronomy:Beresheet|Beresheet]]'', but it crashed landed on the Moon in May 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://room.eu.com/news/first-private-spacecraft-gearing-up-for-moon-landing|title=First private spacecraft gearing up for Moon landing|accessdate=February 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221000501/https://room.eu.com/news/first-private-spacecraft-gearing-up-for-moon-landing|archive-date=February 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/beresheet-crashed-on-the-moon-but-its-lunar-library-likely-survived/|title=Beresheet crashed on the moon, but its 'Lunar Library' likely survived|access-date=23 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523205149/https://www.cnet.com/news/beresheet-crashed-on-the-moon-but-its-lunar-library-likely-survived/|archive-date=May 23, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite this, the 30-million page Lunar Library possibly survived due to the strength of its construction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mashable.com/article/moon-library-beresheet-crash-wikipedia/|title=There may be a copy of Wikipedia somewhere on the moon. Here's how to help find it.|access-date=23 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527083940/https://mashable.com/article/moon-library-beresheet-crash-wikipedia/|archive-date=May 27, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2021, Arch Mission announced partnerships with [[Company:Astrobotic Technology|Astrobotic Technology]] and Galactic Legacy Labs for several return missions to the Moon such as a second attempt to deliver the Lunar Library and for consumers to land their personal memories and photos on the Moon.<ref>{{cite news |last=Boyle |first=Alan |date=May 15, 2018 |title=Arch Mission teams up with Astrobotic to send Wikipedia and more to the moon |url=https://www.geekwire.com/2018/arch-mission-teams-astrobotic-send-wikipedia-moon/ |publisher=GeekWire |location= |access-date=March 28, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.archmission.org/lunar-library-2 |title=The Lunar Library II (Astrobotic, 2021) |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=Arch Mission Foundation |access-date=March 28, 2021 |quote=}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Astronomy:Time capsule|Time capsule]]
* List of time capsules
* [[Astronomy:Voyager Golden Record|Voyager Golden Record]]
* [[Engineering:Viking program|Viking program]]
* Rosetta Project

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://archmission.org/ Arch Mission Foundation]
*[https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-design-beacons-for-humanitys-afterlife Stephen Wolfram article on teaching civilizations about humanity]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=816&v=wbSwFU6tY1c Falcon Heavy launch video]
*[http://www.whereisroadster.com/ Where is roadster website]

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