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Silicon valley stars to send DNA into space

posted onSeptember 7, 2008
by hitbsecnews

As if it wasn't enough that nerds control the world, now they want to conquer space, with Silicon Valley ‘celebs’ lining up to send their digitised DNA off to the final frontier.

Under a programme called ‘Operation Immortality’ by NCsoft, Digg founder Kevin Rose, tech blogger Robert Scoble and techy venture capitalist Tim Draper will all soon send their DNA into orbit to join that of some of Earth's better athletes, musicians and thinkers.

The blogger DNA will be personally delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) by game designer Richard Garriott, who is flying out there on Oct. 12 as a private citizen. “My hope is that aliens get a hold of my DNA so my clones can spread entrepreneurship to galaxies throughout the universe,” said Draper.

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