Colbert to have his DNA sent into space
NEW YORK (AP) -September 8, 2008 The comedian's DNA will be digitized and sent to the
International Space Station, Comedy Central was to announce Monday.
In October, video game designer Richard Garriott will travel to the
station and deposit Colbert's genes for an "Immortality Drive."
"I am thrilled to have my DNA shot into space, as this brings
me one step closer to my lifelong dream of being the baby at the
end of 2001," Colbert said in a statement, referring to the 1968
landmark science fiction film "2001: A Space Odyssey."
Garriott, one of few private citizens to travel into space, is
collecting material for a time capsule of human DNA, a history of
humanity's greatest achievements and personal messages.
The host of "The Colbert Report" will essentially be preserved
so that aliens can clone him.
"In the unlikely event that Earth and humanity are destroyed,
mankind can be resurrected with Stephen Colbert's DNA," Garriott
said in a statement. "Is there a better person for us to turn to
for this high-level responsibility?"
