An amazing idea for his afterlife has been hatched by a retired American physics professor, who has always been fascinated by space travel and the prospect of moon colonies. With the hope that an advanced alien culture will find his DNA, he plans to send it to the moon. He plans to use this bold action to create his clones, who will have his genetic signature and live on the moon forever.
Space has long captivated 86-year-old retired Kansas physics professor Ken Ohm. He was advised by NASA that he was too tall to pursue his dream of becoming an astronaut. Relentlessly, Ohm has discovered an additional means of realising his enduring desire: transporting his corpse to the moon.
Mr. Ohm has hired Celestis, a Texas-based business, to rocket his remains to the lunar surface’s south pole. A one-way flight to the moon costs $12,500 according to the business.
A US professor hopes to be cloned by aliens by sending his DNA to the moon. Ken Ohm is an 86-year-old retired professor of physics.
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An amazing idea for his afterlife has been hatched by a retired American physics professor, who has always been fascinated by space travel and the prospect of moon colonies. With the hope that an advanced alien culture will find his DNA, he plans to send it to the moon. With this bold move, he envisions the creation of his clones, bearing his genetic imprint and forever inhabiting the lunar surface.
Space has long captivated 86-year-old retired Kansas physics professor Ken Ohm. He was advised by NASA that he was too tall to pursue his dream of becoming an astronaut. Relentlessly, Ohm has discovered an additional means of realising his enduring desire: transporting his corpse to the moon.
Mr. Ohm has hired Celestis, a Texas-based business, to rocket his remains to the lunar surface’s south pole. A one-way flight to the moon costs $12,500 according to the business.
According to sources, since 1994, Celestis has carried out 17 of these so-called commemorative spaceflights. Some will just hurtle into space and keep going, while others will orbit Earth, some will shoot straight up and down, and yet others will be dispatched to the moon. Celestis loads its cargo onto spacecraft that are engaged in unrelated commercial and research missions. Packages begin at approximately $2,000.
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The true motivation behind Mr. Ohm’s decision to send his DNA to the moon is pragmatic: what if, in thirty or forty thousand years, some relic of this civilization or a different one finds his genetic blueprints and—what exactly? Anything at all, actually! But Ohm assumes it would be for something really interesting if they’re smart enough to find his DNA and use it.
