Kickstart Your DNA (And a Rover) To The Moon!

Omega Envoy, the non-profit research lab Earthrise Space, Inc.’s team competing for the Google Lunar X PRIZE, has launched a Kickstarter project to help fund a 4-axis CNC milling machine needed to continue development on their proposed lunar rover. CNC machines don’t come cheap, but in typical Kickstarter fashion Earthrise Space is offering incremental rewards to anyone who donates to their project — from mentions on their site to t-shirts, Moon globes and facility tours (and even 5-gallon tubs of duck sauce) and, if you’re lucky enough to have deep pockets and a desire to help a student training ground get their designs off the ground, you can even have your DNA sent to the Moon!(...)Read the rest of Kickstart Your DNA (And a Rover) To The Moon! (308 words)© Jason Major for Universe Today, 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Post tags: DNA, Earthrise Space, Google, kickstarter, lunar, Lunar X PRIZE, Moon, Omega Envoy, Rover Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh