NASA and Partners to Use Blockchain for Validating Future Moon Landings
Summary:
In a collaborative project, NASA, Lonestar, and the Isle of Man plan to send a payload to the Moon containing "data cubes" in February 2024. The information within these cubes will be validated on Earth using blockchain technology. The Artemis 3 mission in 2025 will use this technology to confirm human's arrival on the Moon. Before this mission, Artemis 2 takes place in November 2024 where four astronauts orbit the Moon and return to Earth. Part of these missions is the development of solar-powered lunar storage systems. The data cubes on the Moon will be interacted with and verified by future astronauts, providing incontrovertible proof of lunar landings.
In February 2024, NASA, Florida computing startup Lonestar, and the Isle of Man are set to dispatch a payload to the Moon. Inside the payload are "data cubes" the content of which will be validated on Earth via blockchain technology. NASA's second crewed mission, the Artemis 3, which is slated for 2025, will utilize the same blockchain technology to definitively and unalterably confirm mankind's landing on the Moon.
The next step in NASA’s Artemis mission is the launch of Artemis 2 in November 2024, which entails a crewed mission for four astronauts. Their task is to embark on a Moon orbital journey before proceeding back to Earth. This doesn’t equate to a Moon landing, but it is intended to be an integral preparatory step towards achieving another successful lunar landing with Artemis 3.
A sub-project during the Artemis missions, undertaken by Lonestar & Isle of Man, focuses on the development of sustainable lunar storage systems. These innovative systems will rely exclusively on solar energy and will not require extra supporting structures for implementation.
As per Science Focus, a BBC report, these lunar trials will involve generating digital stamps. These digital stamps, aka "digital franking", will be enclosed within the data cubes placed on the Moon. To ensure data integrity, verification using blockchain will be done here on Earth. An interesting feature of this system will be the opportunity for future lunar astronauts to interact with the data cubes and check in their presence on the Moon.
In a dialogue with Science Focus, the innovation head at Digital Isle of Man remarked that it was "surprisingly hard" for NASA to debunk disbelief around the six crewed lunar landings that occurred between 1969 and 1972. Blockchain could potentially provide incontrovertible proof of future lunar landings and help dispel any ensuing conspiracy theories, even if it cannot address doubts about the 20th century lunar expeditions.
Published At
9/25/2023 8:52:45 PM
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