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Old 05-11-2009, 06:52 PM
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[Last year, he sent his DNA into space. So, he'll live on]

Business Wire, August 20, 2008


Texas Music Legend Joe Ely Sends His DNA and Nobel Laureate Insights into Space

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AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 20, 2008--Operation Immortality, the project to create a digital time capsule of the human race, has again joined forces with Planet Make-Over, an entertainment driven social network designed to demonstrably reverse the effects of Global Warming. This alliance aims to unite and mobilize the worldwide gaming community with Planet Make-Over's mission by sending the digitized DNA of Texas Music Legend Joe Ely and Planet Make-Over's Musical Director, Stephen Bruton into space with video gaming luminary Richard Garriott as he travels to the International Space Station (ISS) on October 12, 2008.
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