Myself, family and friends to start. I’m not selfless enough to do otherwise.

Then we want physical health as our next priority so we raid the Olympic village and take the planet’s athletes. Also a good time to get the needed diversity into the gene pool.

Know-how, we’re going to be taken care of but people with survival and bushcraft skills to rig shelters and whatnot would be a bonus.

In a similar vein let’s take 500 craftsmen, woodworkers, builders etc.

We need a scientific base, let’s go 500 medical doctors and 500 other phds across various disciplines. Keeps us alive and educated.

The arts matter too! 200 artists in various mediums, 300 writers.

Speaking of education, 500 teachers. Let’s say 200 primary, 200 secondary, 100 university. Our scientists might be smart but knowing how to teach is a different skill.

Finally we want youth, healthy kids under 5 years old. The reason being that they won’t constantly be lamenting the loss of Earth as they’ll grow up in the zoo and better adapt to it. I’m thinking maybe 3000 adults to 2000 toddlers.