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Sir Arthur C. Clarke's DNA set to be sent into space

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ANI Washington
Last Updated : Jun 21 2013 | 4:00 PM IST

NASA scientists are planning to send Sir Arthur C. Clarke's DNA into orbit around the Sun in 2014 aboard an astonishing solar-powered spacecraft.

The flying time capsule called the Sunjammer Cosmic Archive (SCA) will carry digital files of human DNA including Clarke's, Fox News reported.

The DNA will be in a "BioFile." Other so-called MindFiles will include images, music, voice recordings, etc, which has been provided by people all around the globe.

The tiny spacecraft of the size of a standard kitchen dishwasher will be carried as a secondary spacecraft aboard a Falcon rocket 932,000 miles from Earth, form where it will be released into space.

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First Published: Jun 21 2013 | 3:47 PM IST

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