[FPSPACE] Richard Garriott to carry Stephen Colbert's DNA to the ISS

[agzak at optonline.net]

I can't think of a better candidate :)

Anatoly Zak
http://www.russianspaceweb.com


----- Original Message -----
From: LARRY KLAES <ljk4 at msn.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008 1:01 pm
Subject: [FPSPACE] Richard Garriott to carry Stephen Colbert's DNA to the ISS
To: fpspace at friends-partners.org

> http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10035051-1.html
> 
> September 8, 2008 11:32 AM PDT
> 
> Stephen Colbert's DNA to back up the human race
> 
> Posted by Dong Ngo 1
> 
> Should anything happen to Earth, the human race will now be insured.
> 
> Comedy Central announced Monday that the host of The Colbert Report 
> will 
> have his DNA digitized and sent to the International Space Station 
> (ISS). 
> According to the Associated Press, Stephen Colbert's gene package 
> will be 
> carried there by famed video game designer Richard Garriott, who 
> will travel 
> to the station in October.
> 
> Garriott will deposit the "Immortality Drive," a time capsule that 
> will 
> include human DNA and records of humanity's greatest 
> accomplishments, along 
> with personal messages collected specifically for the project.
> 
> This will be the second time Colbert goes intergalactic. In May, he 
> was the 
> first late-night host to interview an astronaut, Garrett Reisman, 
> while he 
> was in space.
> 
> In a statement, Stephen Colbert said he was thrilled to have his 
> DNA shot 
> into space, as this would bring him "...one step closer to my 
> lifelong dream 
> of being the baby at the end of 2001," referring to the 1968 sci-fi 
> movie 
> 2001: A Space Odyssey.
> 
> In a statement, Garriott said: "In the unlikely event that Earth 
> and 
> humanity are destroyed, mankind can be resurrected with Stephen 
> Colbert's 
> DNA. Is there a better person for us to turn to for this high-level 
> responsibility?"
> 
> Stephen Colbert's answer to that rhetorical question would probably 
> be "no."
> 
> 
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Anatoly Zak
http://www.russianspaceweb.com