Take 30-Million-Page Into Space Library to Preserve Civilization

The first Israeli mission to the moon with a small cargo of 30 million pages of information.

The extensive archive has been dubbed the 'lunar library' and is meant to act as a kind of civilization backup for future generations. The DVD-size metal disk containing the information blasted off to the moon onboard the spacecraft, a privately funded Israeli mission to the moon, facilitated by Elon Musk's SpaceX aerospace company.

Nova Spivack, the co-founder of the Arch Mission Foundation, in Los Angeles-based nonprofit that backed the mission, told NBC the archive was a measure to preserve humanity. "One of the primary evolutionary challenges that we face is about our past mistakes, and the lack of active countermeasures to repeating them," Spivac said

"For the survival of our species, we need to find ways to increase our awareness of what we are working on, and we need to ensure that it is shared with the people of the future," he added.

The Nusantara Satu SpaceX mission launched Thursday evening. The first Israeli mission to the moon, facilitated by Elon Musk 's SpaceX aerospace company, carried a secret cargo, a small metal disk that contains the building blocks of human civilization in 30 million pages of information. SpaceX

The space archive is designed to last at least 6 billion years, a period of one million times longer than the oldest surviving written records.

Paul Davies, director of the Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Physics at Arizona State University, said the archive served largely synonymous purpose. "It encourages people to reflect on humankind's place in the universe," he said.

Even though they may have had a similar idea, they may have had a similar idea. "If we can leave records on the moon for a huge duration, maybe E.T. will have done the same," Davies said.

According to the Times of Israel, the Beresheet craft seems to have successfully maneuvered itself to a landing on the moon, despite the discovery of a worrying computer glitch this week.

The spaceship, which is no larger than the size of a household washer, will be in the earth in the future. It is expected to touchdown on April 11.

The Lunar Library reportedly holds a collection of songs, children 's drawings and writings about Israeli culture and history. It also contains the entire English-language version of Wikipedia and a guide to 5,000 languages ​​with 1.5 billion sample translations.