Daily Mail News – Science
By STACY LIBERATORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 12:16 EST, 14 November 2023 | UPDATED: 13:09 EST, 14 November 2023
A physics professor has ambitious plans for his DNA following his death – he wants to send them to the moon in hopes aliens will create an army of his clones.
The idea may sound like the plot of a science fiction film, but Ken Ohm, 86, has employed a Texas-based company to launch his remains to the south pole of the lunar surface.
The Kansas resident has a long-lived love for space, with dreams of once becoming an astronaut – but NASA said ‘no’ because he is six feet tall – but has teamed up with the Celestis that charges $12,500 for a one-way trip to the moon.