Michael Paul

The Arch Mission is building a billion-year backup of humanityUsing nanofiche, 5D quartz memory crystals, and synthetic DNA. We’re building a real-life Encyclopedia Galactica from Issac Asimov's Foundation series.

DIRECTOR, Space Science

Michael Paul is the Space Exploration Mission Formulation Lead at the Applied Physics Lab at Johns Hopkins University, where he is developing missions for the future of solar system exploration, building on APL's success exploring Mercury, Pluto, and other exotic targets.