L3-DVT-ANLG-MICRO
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Level 3 · hardware
Microetched Nickel Plates
Microetched Nickel Plates for Multi-Millennium Archival
Microetched nickel plates (Rosetta-Project style) carrying critical reference documents at multiple scales — readable with simple optical microscope.
Purpose
Microetched nickel plates (Rosetta-Project style) carrying critical reference documents at multiple scales — readable with simple optical microscope.
Context
Child of L2-DVT-ANLG within the Lunar Ark system
Principles
- ▸Nickel plates etched at multiple scales (mm to um)
- ▸Per Long Now Foundation Rosetta Project methodology
- ▸Inert metal — millennia-stable
- ▸Multi-scale enables progressive zoom
- ▸Documentation of Ark systems for re-discovery
Typical implementations
- ▸Long Now Foundation Rosetta Project
- ▸Memory of Mankind Archive
- ▸Aerospace metal etching heritage
Lunar considerations
- ▸Self-documenting Ark for future intelligences
- ▸Multi-millennium stability
- ▸Human or machine readable
Specifications
Functional
| primary function | Microetched nickel plates (Rosetta-Project style) carrying critical reference documents at multiple scales — readable with simple optical microscope. |
| plate count | 100 |
| life years | 10000 |
Physical
| mass kg | 20 |
| materials | High-purity nickel plates, Diamond-etched |
| vacuum compatibility | True |
Operational
| power consumption w | 0 |
| thermal range c | -40, 70 |
| lifetime years | 10000 |
| mtbf hours | 1000000000 |
Interfaces
Provides
- Multi-millennium reference archive
Requires
- Replacement plate production
Cite this entry
Lunar Ark Codex. "Microetched Nickel Plates" (L3-DVT-ANLG-MICRO). Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://lunarark.com/entry/L3-DVT-ANLG-MICRO
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