Human DNA sent into SPACE to

Human DNA sent into SPACE to ‘back-up’ species so we’re NEVER extinct A REVOLUTIONARY project is in the pipeline which will see scientists send human DNA to other star systems as a ‘b

Human DNA sent into SPACE to

‘back-up’ species so we’re NEVER

extinct

A REVOLUTIONARY project is in the pipeline which will see

scientists send human DNA to other star systems as a ‘back-up’ for

the human species

By SEAN MARTIN

PUBLISHED: 13:29, Wed, Jul 20, 2016 | UPDATED: 13:37, Wed, Jul 20,

2016

As fears mount the humanity’s time on Earth is limited, scientists are making

contingency plans by setting up a cosmic CLOUD of human data

As it stands, experts neither have the technological capability or the

knowledge of how to mass-transfer the human race to a nearby habitable

planet – with the closest being 14 light years away (one light year is equal to 5,878,499,810,000 miles)

This is why some are looking at the possibility of using the Universe as a sort

of ‘cosmic cloud’ to back up data of the human race for when we do meet our inevitable end

A project called Voices of Humanity would send data, messages and even DNA into space using laser propelled spacecrafts where “Your data will live forever in the universe You will be immortalized,” according to the

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The team is hoping to initially raise $30,000 (£22,700) to launch computer chips full of images and data into low-Earth orbit by 2017, with more distant missions such as the moon and Mars in the future

Once they have reached $100,000 (£75,000), “we will be able to build a sophisticated ground-based laser and robotic telescope that allows your data

to be optionally transmitted via laser to the target of your choice in space” Those behind the plans add: “We will then be able to 'beam you up' by encoding and sending your data to the stars so you will travel at the speed of light into the universe

“In both cases, we will be able to 'back up humanity', using the universe as our 'cloud' with your images, pictures, text, tweets, video, and DNA!”

Esteemed scientists have given their backing to the project, including Nasa’s Philip Lubin, who is also working on Stephen Hawking’s Breakthrough Starshot project, which will also be using similar laser-propelled spacecrafts Professor Lubin told Space.com: “We sometimes use the phrase, 'we want to back up humanity,' which is not a joke — we want to do this

“Personally, I would like to send out a blueprint for life on Earth and how to reconstruct us, how to make us

“Everything required to have a do-it-yourself 'build humanity' project.”