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Data Backup on the Moon: It's One Small

Beaming data to the moon-it sounds companies that had invested in
intriguing, but is it really the answer TransOrbital by sending their backup data
to offsite backup? to the moon could fly past their
Dozens of businesses were unable to competitors and reshape the new world. By
recover from 9/11. Having all of their retrieving data stored safely in space,
files and backup data in one location these companies redefine the Fortune 500
added incredible economic damage to the and become the new leaders in the global
already tragic losses of life. Should economy.
businesses anticipate a graver disaster Sound a bit hokey? That's the claim
than that of the World Trade Center? TransOrbital makes in a recent PC
Jumping forward ten, maybe twenty, Magazine article.
years... Laurie said, "September 11 caused people
North Korea's nuclear arsenal builds to to think about what data backup really
an astounding 50,000 warheads (more than means, and there is also always the
the USSR at the peak of the Cold War), threat of a natural disaster here on
the ozone hole exceeds 15 million square earth, such as a small asteroid hitting
miles, and the war on terror wages on. the planet."
Nevertheless, it's business-as-usual back Would it really work-data centers on the
in the good old US of A. Investments moon? The plan is to build
grow, as does the price of gasoline and server-friendly environments that could
real estate. Cures for would-be-lethal provide the "atmosphere" necessary for
diseases are on the brink of discovery, self-healing servers. Small shelter-like
and space travel is available to anyone structures that could keep a normal
willing to pay. temperature, air pressure, etc. need to
Nobody saw it coming. Or more precisely, be built on the moon; currently, Tran
no one believed it would really happen. Orbital is the only company with the
Astronomers warned of the day the licensing to do it.
asteroid would come. And it does. While they're up there, TransOrbital,
Barreling through space at unheard-of using Hewlett-Packard technology, plans
speeds, the asteroid, aptly named "the to make live digital images of the earth
end of days," smashes against the earth available on the web. They also offer to
like a 400 billion ton hammer. Hundreds ship personal objects to the moon for
of thousands of lives are lost almost safe-keeping for a small fee of $2500 per
immediately. Dust and ash spread across gram.
the sky, and the earth whimpers as if the The proposal certainly has its fair share
wind were knocked out of her. Over the of skeptics. The biggest argument being
coming months, the damage is addressed by that the likelihood of an asteroid
the Red Cross like a troupe of girl hitting the earth is miniscule compared
scouts servicing the Normandy invasion. to one hitting the moon. Earth's
The economy is in shambles as consumer atmosphere burns up most of the debris
confidence falls through the floor...and that would otherwise hit the surface,
then the basement. while the moon has no such protection.
Out of the smoke comes Dennis Laurie, CEO Others wonder about upgrading, repairs,
of TransOrbital. In a speech matched only and maintenance. As one reader put it,
by Sir Winston Churchill, or maybe even "At 75$ an hour and 30 cents per mile,
Morgan Freeman, he assures the world that that's one hefty bill from tech support.
rebuilding the economy is possible. The




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