And my DNA will eventually make its way to the moon, too, if all goes according to plan.
Space.com's Chelsea Gohd holds a LifeShip DNA sample collection kit during an analog Mars mission at the HI-SEAS habitat in November of 2020.
LifeShip opened its microscopic doors to allow people to send in DNA to be included in future missions to space. The ultimate planned destination for these samples is the moon, with a lunar launch scheduled for 2023,What did that look like for us? Well, simply put, we spit into tiny plastic tubes. Eventually, our little tubes made it back to LifeShip, where our DNA was extracted from the sample and preserved in synthetic amber,"a polymer inspired by nature," the website reads.
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