The idea is to store data in the hollow lava tubes that are believed to line the surface of the Moon.
The company believes that it is a safer place to store important information than the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
If we don't do this, what will happen to our data on Earth? It is also susceptible to other forms of destruction.
The company says that one of the main advantages of storing data on the Moon is that it is always facing the Earth.
According to a press release, the company is building on experience and is already running the world's first web server on the International Space Station.
Lonestar has signed a contract with NASA to launch early tech demonstrations to the Moon as part of the space agency's Commercial lunar Payload Services program.
Lonestar's prototype data is stored in the hardware of the Nova-C lander.
Lonestar is planning to send a hardware prototype with 16 terabytes of memory to the moon during a second launch next year.
The company has a lot of hurdles to overcome. It has proven to be extremely difficult to land on the Moon.
It's not ideal for a datacenter to have the conditions on the lunar surface, with temperatures swinging wildly and the presence of unremitted radiation.
Lonestar plans to store its centers inside lava tubes, which could provide a more stable environment. Nobody has ever visited one of those, nevermind installed server hardware there.
Critical data transmission infrastructure is an important part of any attempt to establish our presence on the Moon.
It will have to get there.
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