Just weeks after American Scott Kelly returned from almost an entire year aboard the International Space Station, NASA announced that they are seeking submissions of art, poetry and other expressions of human creativity to send on an upcoming mission. The submissions will not take up much space (they'll be stored on a computer chip) as they make a revolutionary journey to a passing asteroid to collect samples. Seeking to inspire America's creatives with the promise of indefinite survival for their works, NASA has noted that after the mission, the discarded spacecraft will remain in orbit around the sun with "the potential to exist for thousands of years."

Possible Preaching Angle:

It's an understandable appeal on NASA's behalf. Who doesn't want a longer run of glory? After all, humans just seem made for eternity. But God offers something even better—"an eternal weight of glory."

Source:

Lee Speigel, “NASA Wants To Send Your Art And Poetry Out Of This World (Literally).” HuffPost (3-17-16)