American space burial company, Celestis, plans on sending DNA samples of four long-dead US presidents to space.

The company wants to send the genetic information of former US presidents, George Washington, Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, and Dwight D. Eisenhower, into a solar orbit, to become part of the ‘world’s first human outpost in deep space’.

The presidents’ DNA comes from hair samples, which were originally from the Louis Mushro collection, along with the associated Certificates of Authenticity, which were gifted to Celestis by an anonymous donor to be included on a deep space mission.

Louis Mushro was a well-known celebrity hair collector and appraiser and these hair samples have been in a climate-controlled facility for several years in preparation for this mission.

https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/27/space-burial-company-to-launch-dna-of-4-dead-us-presidents-to-space-18355635/