William Atkins
Wednesday, 24 September 2008 23:02
Science -
Space
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The X PRIZE website, states further that,
“The archive will include information on humanity's greatest achievements, messages from people all over the world, and DNA samples from some of our brightest minds and most accomplished athletes."
And, "
During the month of September, every human being is invited to come to the OperationImmortality.com website to submit their suggestions for our greatest achievements and leave a message for the cosmos. A lucky few may also be selected to add their DNA to the mix and join Richard Garriott as he rockets out of the atmosphere.”
Some of human’s celebrities who are having their digitalized DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid, or the substance that carries an organism’s genetic information), sent up to the International Space Station on Russia’s Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft within a storage device called the Immortality Drive are listed below:
Stephen Hawking (physicist), website
http://www.hawking.org.uk/
Lucy Hawking (journalist, and Dr. Hawking’s daughter), Autism Research Center
website
Stephen Colbert (late-night television host), television
website
Kevin Rose (creator of Digg bookmarking website), website
http://kevinrose.com/
Robert Scoble (tech blogger), website
http://scobleizer.com/
Tim Draper (venture capital founder of Draper Fisher Juryetson), DFJ
website
Joe Ely (songwriter and singer), website
http://www.ely.com/
Tracy Hickman (author of science fantasy series Dragonlance), website
http://www.trhickman.com/
Go to “
Celebrity News” for a complete list of the celebrities participating in the project.
Page three talks about the importance that Dr. Hawking feels for genome sequencing with respect to fighting diseases.
