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<\/div>Sticker Shock<\/h2>
A private trip to the Moon’s orbit<\/a> could cost you anywhere from $35 million to $150 million. But now, one startup is saying it’ll charge just $99 to put you on<\/em> the Moon.<\/p> Part of you, anyway.<\/p> In a newly published IEEE Spectrum<\/em> story<\/a>, LifeShip founder Ben Haldeman shares his startup’s plan to send human DNA to the Moon — a whimsical undertaking that could also ensure humanity lives on<\/a> even if Earth becomes uninhabitable.<\/p> The project will launch this fall with a Kickstarter campaign through which LifeShip will sell $99 kits that backers can use to collect samples of their spit.<\/p> LifeShip will then extract DNA from the saliva and preserve it in an “artificial amber” that will reach the Moon as part of a future Arch Mission<\/a> journey.<\/p> “You provide a saliva sample and then we take your DNA, your source code, and preserve it up in space for eternity,” Haldeman told IEEE Spectrum.<\/em><\/p> “Eternity” might be a stretch, though.<\/p> While your DNA might land on the Moon through the LifeShip project, even Haldeman later notes that he isn’t sure how long it’ll survive once it reaches its lunar destination.<\/p> “We can’t guarantee a million years on the Moon but it should be up there for a while,” he told IEEE Spectrum<\/em>. “It’s about archiving life and saving for the future but also the wonder of traveling into space and what could happen with this DNA in the future.”<\/p> READ MORE:<\/strong> This Startup Wants to Stash Your DNA on the Moon<\/a> [IEEE Spectrum<\/em>]<\/p> More on the Arch Mission:<\/strong> Israeli Moon Lander Is Carrying a Vast Backup of Human Knowledge<\/a><\/em><\/p> The post This Startup Will Send DNA From Your Spit to the Moon for $99<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> View post: Sticker Shock A private trip to the Moon\u2019s orbit could cost you anywhere from $35 million to $150 million. Continue reading Spit Collector<\/h2>
Survival Unknown<\/h2>
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