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A physics professor is making preparations for when he dies, but he aims for a burial that is out of this world. Ken Ohm, 86, plans to have his DNA sent to the South Pole of the moon.
Today in 1991, Star Trek creator, El Paso, Texas native, and former L.A. cop Gene Roddenberry died after a period of declining health, but he found life in death several times over several space missions. The first, in 1992, transported some of his ashes abord Space Shuttle Columbia, which were returned to earth later. The second, in 1997, transported more of his ashes (along with those of Timothy Leary and 22 others) aboard a Pegasus XL rocket launched from the Canary Islands, which reached orbit but deteriorated and burned up five years later.