Send your DNA to the moon (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by Theresa , Tuesday, November 18, 2014, 23:07

Private mission plans to let people send time capsule 'discs' to the moon

Information can be loaded on a memory card, along with a strand of hair

It was devised by British engineer and financier David Iron

Called Lunar Mission One the crowd-funded spacecraft will fly to the lunar South

Pole where there is constant sunlight

There it will drill 100 metres down to collect samples for scientific analysis

Inside the hole will be placed archived data from the public on Earth

People can buy a space on the memory discs for £64 ($100)

In a promotional video Professor Brian Cox said the moon was 'the 'obvious stepping stone' to explore space

The team are seeking funding now and hope to launch in 2024

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