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Data Storage & Memory · Recorded milestone

Lunar archive of humanity

Recorded year2019

A copy of human knowledge is stored on the Moon.

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Built on

Moon landingRecorded · 1969enables
MicroprocessorRecorded · 1971requires

Led to

Off-world backup of civilisationForecast · ~2060enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.