Send Your Name to Mars
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Artist Concept of the Mars Science Laboratory Rover – Image Credit: NASA
NASA is offering people the opportunity to send their name to Mars,
by placing submitted names on a microchip that will be included on the upcoming Mars Science Laboratory Mission.
Scheduled to launch between Nov. 25 and Dec. 18, 2011, Mars Science Laboratory is part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the red planet. Mars Science Laboratory is a rover that will assess whether Mars ever was, or is still today, an environment able to support microbial life. In other words, its mission is to determine the planet’s “habitability.”
If you would like to learn more about the Mars Science Laboratory, nicknamed “Curiosity”, feel free to visit the NASA/JPL mission page at: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/
Source(s):Mars Science Laboratory Participation Page , NASA/JPL Mars Science Laboratory Mission Page
Ray Sanders is a Sci-Fi geek, astronomer and blogger. Currently researching variable stars at Arizona State University, he writes for Universe Today, The Planetary Society blog, and his own blog, Dear Astronomer
2012-12-04 08:05:58
Source: http://www.dearastronomer.com/2011/05/11/send-your-name-to-mars/
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