Your Fingernail Clippings Can Go to Outer Space for a Mere $35!
 

If this has been posted before, sorry. But its still pretty fucking neat.

Even if you can't afford the $20 million for a launch into Earth orbit, you can still put a little piece of yourself into space for as little as $35.

Several companies have entered the market to provide relatively low-cost space experiences for the common folk ? by launching mementos, hair samples or even mortal remains to the final frontier.

For example, cremated remains from 187 people ? including "Star Trek" actor James Doohan and Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper ? are due to be sent into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket sometime in March. The families of the dearly departed paid between $995 to $5,300 for the sendoff, arranged by Houston-based Space Services Inc.

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