Space travel when ... died

Not only traveling space, many wealthy people also think about after their death, their ashes will be traveling in the universe, or that their hairs containing DNA will be ' cloned ' out of the world. .

On Space Services Inc.'s website - a company that provides' extraterrestrial 'services based in Houston (Texas, USA) with advertising lines:' Space Services is capable of giving you the best choice in commemorating people dead body. We can bring the ashes to the orbital space station near the earth, to the moon or into the endless space . and many other excellent services. The upcoming trip: September 2002 . '. Since 2000, the company has successfully organized the first trip to bring people to burial in space.

To get to the sky, Space Services only requires customers to spend . 5,300 USD . At this price, a small box of lipstick will be created, containing the minimum amount of ' shortened ' ash: 7g, instead of the usual 3 kilograms of ash, and up it a trajectory near the earth. The deceased client often has to travel as a passenger to a transport rocket or commercial satellite. In case of necessity, the company can also launch its own satellite, self-destruct type after completing the mission.

Funnel ash box to put into space.(Photo: SK & D)

Space Services Company is providing 4 types of services for the above: Earthvuer - remains of ash are put on orbit near the earth; Lunar - on the moon; Voyager - traveling in the universe; and Astra - up to the stars . There have been hundreds of people served by this service, among them are Gene Roddenberry , author of ' Enterprise spacecraft ' and Timothy Leary. Timothy Leary's space-carrying skeleton box is also engraved with a mysterious sentence: 'Peace of love my friend is one'.

In March 2006, a rocket carrying 187 cremation ash was launched into space according to the contract between relatives of these people with Space Services. Among them was the famous actor James Doohan (played by Montgomery Scoott chief engineer in the famous Star Trek movie), astronaut Gordon Cooper (who flew on the Faith 7 spacecraft in 1963), others belonging to many components such as technicians, nurses, university students .

"The universe is big enough for everyone," said Harvin Moore, a representative of Space Services. 'We will also expand the market to create opportunities for many others to rest in space'.

The dead will never travel outside the earth. By the end of a decade, depending on the path in orbit and the time of 'spreading ash' into the universe, their skeleton boxes would burn in the atmosphere surrounding the celestial body it was brought to.

Cloning extraterrestrial?

The project 'Extraterrestrial Cloning' was promoted by Celestis and Aeroastro (USA). In October 2001, a spacecraft lifted itself from the French space station at Kourou, carrying a lot of hair (a total weight of about 2 kg) and plunged into the infinity domain. These two firms want to transfer humanity to distant civilizations. Because each hair contains human genetic information.

'It is possible that a certain line of extraterrestrial beings will see our ship as one sees a floating object in the cosmic river and pick it up' - David Goldstein, vice president of the project, looks forward to wish: 'From the hair pieces, they can create new human entities'.

The condition for creating a human from an alien hair piece must be perfect genetic engineering, knowing how to handle completely unknown genetic information. In addition, one must make sure that the genetic information does not gradually decay during flight."To preserve genetic information for a long time, it must be stored in cold and dry conditions," said molecular biologist Matthias Krings of Munich. In this respect, the conditions in the universe are not so bad. One only needs to protect the genetic information of humanity before the eternal fire of cosmic rays.

The builder of the gene box also prepared in advance for the partner to receive potential information. In order for the extraterrestrial characters not to confuse the gift of this hair beard with any other kind of cosmic waste, a radio telescope was given the task of distributing explanatory messages.

The story of pre-sending a 'manual' might not be in a hurry. Because at the earliest it must be . a few tens of thousands of years to come, this spaceship will land on another solar system.

Market researchers of the two companies are expanding marketing to many countries around the world such as China and Japan. In order to have a full trip to space, they have to find a few million crazy enthusiasts who are willing to pull their hair and are willing to pay a $ 50 fee for space travel.