The distinctive sound of bagpipes may soon echo across the lunar surface, thanks to a plan by astronautics entrepreneur Chris Stott. Stott, the head of American company Lonestar Data Holdings, aims to utilize his firm's developing technology for storing data in space to transmit recordings of the Laidlaw Memorial Pipe Band to the Moon.
David Kerr, a member of the Banbury-based pipe band and a proud Scotsman, explained that Stott approached him with the idea. "He said: 'It's time we had a pipe band in space, so what we're going to do is put you into a thing called a data centre, record some tunes and we're going to fire you onto the moon,'" Kerr said.
Stott is reportedly at the forefront of developing new data centers that can be installed in satellites and even on the Moon. Data centers are facilities that house large numbers of computers for storing and processing vast amounts of information used by various organizations. Companies pursuing the creation of space-based data centers suggest that placing them on the Moon could offer enhanced security against cyber attacks.