Comedian Stephen Colbert will have his DNA digitized and sent to the International Space Station. Richard Garriott, a video game designer, is scheduled to travel to the International Space Station in October 2008 and will deposit Colbert's genes for an "Immortality Drive."CNN: Colbert's DNA To Be Shot into Space (September 8, 2008)
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- "I am thrilled to have my DNA shot into space, as this brings me one step closer to my lifelong dream of being the baby at the end of 2001."--Stephen ColbertCNN: Colbert's DNA To Be Shot into Space (September 8, 2008)
Interesting to compare mainstream news and Stephen Colbert. Who brings more focus to Space programs?(1 Answer)
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It has to be Stephen Colbert! He has brought a new focus to the word "space" and also to the word "program". http://daveandthomas.net/blog/wp-content/uploads ...
Should NASA name the new wing of the International Space Station after Stephen Colbert?
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I agree, NASA should have known better. It's not like they don't watch the show. Consider that Garrett Reisman chatted with him from the space station ...
Stephen Colbert on the Colbert Report(0 Answers)
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Richard Garriott is one of the few private citizens to travel into spaceCNN: Colbert's DNA To Be Shot into Space (September 8, 2008)
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The video game's developer, NCsoft, will send a time capsule with the digitized DNA of select video game players and a few others into spaceDigitalMediaWire: NCsoft to Send Digitized Gamer DNA to Space Station (July 30, 2008)
