You will probably never make it into space, but your hair just might. For
$50, a company in Houston, Texas, called Encounter 2001, says it will put
your photograph, a digitised message, and six strands of your hair on a craft
heading out of the Solar System. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a time capsule in space,鈥 says Charles
Chafer, president of the company.
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