For $10,000 on Kickstarter, Google Lunar X-Prize Contender Will Land Your DNA on the Moon
Your DNA Here Wikimedia Commons Kickstarter can be a great way for people to help out with projects they care about. Make a small donation, and maybe even get a little trinket for your time. But what about the rich eccentric with money to burn? For 10,000 bucks, they too can help out with a project--and in exchange get their DNA on the moon. Omega Envoy is a Florida team competing in Google's Lunar X Prize, a race to be the first non-government entity to send a rover to the moon. To raise money for their attempt, they launched a Kickstarter project, and in addition to some relatively mundane items (scale models of the rover, for example), they've added the option to bring a $10,000 philanthropist's DNA on board. They say the "interplanetary backup will ensure the survival of their genetic material independent of conditions here on Earth." As of...