Send your Name to Mars 2020

[dsedy]

Pretty cool. Just did one for me and for my daughter.

NASA's Mars 2020 Rover is heading to the Red Planet.
Submit your name by Sept. 30, 2019, 11:59 p.m. ET, and fly along!

#Mars2020 will carry a microchip etched with the name of millions of people from Planet Earth.

Nearly 11 Million Names of Earthlings are on Mars Perseverance - NASA Science

When the Perseverance rover safely touched down on the Martian surface, inside Jezero Crater, on Feb. 18, 2021, it was also a safe landing for the nearly 11 million names on board.

mars.nasa.gov

 

[WhatKnot]

Great, now we will getting spam and robo calls from Mars.

 

[wader]

can I send my ex wife instead?

 

[dsedy]

Great, now we will getting spam and robo calls from Mars.

Haha hope not.
"Your email is used only to give you “Frequent Flyer” points and to allow you to send your name on future Mars missions. "

 

[dsedy]

Blast off is scheduled for tomorrow around 7:50 am (if the window is good). 10.9 million names are etched in a chip and being sent up with the Mars Perseverance Rover.

Mars 2020: Perseverance Rover - NASA Science

NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover seeks signs of ancient life and collects samples of rock and regolith for possible Earth return.

mars.nasa.gov

 

[Roccus7]

can I send my ex wife instead?

Which one or will you opt for the multi-pack?

 

[Avenger]

I might do this. My old man's name is on the moon. It'd be like carrying on a family tradition.

 

[CELLFISH]

Avenger, whatcha mean ya old man name is onda Moon... ?

anyway Mars Rover 2020 is ready for lift off... 7:50 am + / -... cellie...

 

[CELLFISH]

approximate arrival times February 2021... cellie...

 

[dsedy]

a Beautiful launch this morning! So much fun to watch this with my daughter!!

 

[Avenger]

Avenger, whatcha mean ya old man name is onda Moon... ?

anyway Mars Rover 2020 is ready for lift off... 7:50 am + / -... cellie...

He worked on the LM program at Grumman. Everybody involved signed their name on papers that were photographed and the negatives were stuck in the descent stages of the LMs. I don't know if they did that with all of them or just on Apollo 11, but it's definitely up there.