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Elonka's Going to Mars! -- Well, her name is . . .
by Elonka at 6:20 pm EDT, May 31, 2003 |
The Planetary Society keeps coming up with neat perks. Through my membership with them I've gotten invitations to go on some nifty expeditions (that's how I ended up going to Antarctica in 1999), and a couple years ago my name got put on a space probe, Stardust, that's currently on its way to meet a comet. Today, I found out that my name is now going to Mars! The new Mars Rover is taking a mini-DVD with my name (and over 3.5 million other names (grin)) with it. What a cool idea! For more info on the mission, check here:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mer/ To search for other names (no partial matches, you have to type it in exactly), check here:
http://spacekids.hq.nasa.gov/2003/namequery.htm |
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RE: Elonka's Going to Mars! -- Well, her name is . . .
by Laughing Boy at 4:14 pm EDT, Jun 1, 2003 |
Elonka wrote:
] The Planetary Society keeps coming up with neat perks.
] Through my membership with them I've gotten invitations to go
] on some nifty expeditions (that's how I ended up going to
] Antarctica in 1999), and a couple years ago my name got put on
] a space probe, Stardust, that's currently on its way to meet a
] comet.
]
] Today, I found out that my name is now going to Mars! The new
] Mars Rover is taking a mini-DVD with my name (and over 3.5
] million other names (grin)) with it. What a cool idea!
]
] For more info on the mission, check here:
] http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mer/
]
] To search for other names (no partial matches, you have to
] type it in exactly), check here:
] http://spacekids.hq.nasa.gov/2003/namequery.htm Yep - I put my name on as well as the names of all my family members! Unfortunately, the project stopped taking names on November 15, 2002. So if you missed the deadline, I'll be sure to send you a postcard! ;) Laughing Boy |
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