--- title: "In 2023, the Space Crystals Project hopes to place human DNA on the moon." description: "A new business is placing a large wager on transporting human DNA to the moon's surface." author: "Muskan Singh" published: 2022-10-21 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2196/in-2023-the-space-crystals-project-hopes-to-place-human-dna-on-the-moon category: "space and research" tags: ["technology", "technology news", "space science", "science and technology", "research"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # In 2023, the Space Crystals Project hopes to place human DNA on the moon. **Client DNA will be crystallised in space by Space Crystals LLC, and then using lunar landers, those stable crystals will be placed on the moon's surface. According to company executives,** Capacity Crystals has reserved payload space for its first such delivery on a lander mission in 2023. Customers must pay $150,000 for the technology, which is supported by Waypoint 2 Space and its founder Kevin Heath. It is designed to '**preserve one's existence in the universe,' the company said in a [press release](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/304188/how-to-write-the-best-press-release) on Monday (Oct. 17). (The website is not yet [operational](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94144/how-many-days-was-chandrayaan-1-operational), and sign-up information is not yet provided.)** According to Space Crystals, the idea entails infusing two crystalline solutions with customer DNA before launching the solutions into [**space**](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2018/elon-musk-to-activate-starlink-after-us-guidance-on-expanding-internet-access-to-iranians) where they will develop into 'two different and unique crystals.' According to Space Crystals, the technology is novel and has a patent [application](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12824/calculator-application-in-android) pending; DNA injection of a crystal in space has never been done before. (The company says that the **microgravity conditions of spaceflight enable crystals to grow into distinct shapes on each journey, as opposed to the regular shapes seen on Earth.)** On Heath's resume are credits for work on the SpaceShipOne programme, which twice in 2004 launched the first commercial crewed [**spacecraft**](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2190/starlink-a-private-aeroplane-internet-service-is-launched-by-spacex) to the final frontier, [as well as](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2481/can-you-write-a-java-class-that-could-be-used-both-as-an-applet-as-well-as-an-application) stints at Fortune 500 companies, startups, and U.S. government military agencies like the Defense Advance [Research Projects](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/112909/how-do-universities-facilitate-international-collaborative-research-projects) Agency (DARPA). While the lunar lander that Space Crystals will employ for its first trip to the moon next year is still unknown, there are a few [alternatives](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/370/what-are-some-alternatives-to-inheritance) available under NASA's Commercial Lunar Payloads Services (CLPS) programme. **The NASA-led Artemis mission, which seeks to send astronauts to the moon later in the 2020s, is supported by CLPS.** In order to launch its [Peregrine lunar](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/86549/why-we-should-know-peregrine-lunar-lander-and-it-s-importance) lander in 2023, Astrobotic Technology has agreed to acquire Masten Space Systems, a former rival that declared bankruptcy earlier this year. It is unknown what will happen to Masten's $75.9 million CLPS deal, though. The continuation of Masten technology, especially its propulsion research and vertical takeoff and vertical landing (VTVL) advancements, was underlined by Astrobotic at the time of [acquisition](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2246/following-elon-musk-s-acquisition-gm-suspends-its-twitter-advertising) in September. Intuitive Machines plans to undertake two missions in 2023, one of which will send a robot to drill through ice near the south pole of the moon. **Intuitive, which will use SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets to launch its missions, was recently valued at more than $1 billion in the midst of a merger that, if everything goes as planned, may add it to the Nasdaq.** --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2196/in-2023-the-space-crystals-project-hopes-to-place-human-dna-on-the-moon Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.