With the recent release of Darren Aronofsky’s film “Noah,” the space community is reminded again of an enduring metaphor for our present-day quest to ensure human survival by building arks in space. Like the biblical Noah, many space advocates feel a powerful sense of urgency that a new Space Age ark needs to be built. 

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Steve Wolfe is president and co-founder of Beyond Earth Institute.