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

Washington: 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. ANI