The Alliance to Rescue Civilization is an organization devoted to the establishment of an off-Earth "backup" of human civilization. This facility, or group of facilities, would serve to repopulate the Earth after a worldwide disaster or war, preserving as much as possible of both the sciences and the arts. The organization is currently calling for such a backup facility to be built on the moon in lieu of NASA's plan to return there by 2024.

It was founded by the author and journalist William E. Burrows and the biochemist Robert Shapiro (chemist)

Robert Shapiro (chemist)

Robert Shapiro was professor emeritus of chemistry at New York University. He is best known for his work on the origin of life, having written two books on the topic: Origins, a Skeptic’s Guide to the Creation of Life on Earth and Planetary Dreams...

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External links

• The Alliance to Rescue Civilization - An Organizational Framework - Internet Archive
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• ARC website
• An Alliance to Rescue Civilization, Ad Astra, 1999