NASA Invites Public to ‘Send Your Name to Mars’

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22 Aug 2015 03:16 #200494 by
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i have my ticket already :o)

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22 Aug 2015 03:19 #200495 by
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You can register on this website: http://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-your-name/insight/

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22 Aug 2015 05:18 #200499 by
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Extremely awesome. :woohoo:


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22 Aug 2015 08:19 #200503 by ren
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It's good, but not quite carl[strike]ing[/strike] sagan.
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22 Aug 2015 11:10 #200507 by Alexandre Orion
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I don't get it ... :huh:

What is this for ? :unsure:
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22 Aug 2015 13:50 #200512 by
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Alexandre Orion wrote: I don't get it ... :huh:

What is this for ? :unsure:


I do not know maître Orion, but think how much we will earn the card in miles !! :woohoo:

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22 Aug 2015 22:49 #200542 by
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It's just cool, no other point to it at all. Its purpose is derived from its purposelessness. ;)

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22 Aug 2015 23:10 #200545 by ren
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Its purpose obviously is to draw attention to space and nasa programmes. They've suffered cutbacks and can only keep on getting funding, or obtain further funding by selling themselves. As my comment indicated, it's a good attempt, but what they really need is another carl sagan. He could make people dream of space and as a result, nasa got everything it could hope for. "Have your name on a chip" is a gimmick which exploits human selfishness and may very well fail to draw attention to the purposes and technicalities of the actual mission.
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22 Aug 2015 23:28 #200546 by
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ren wrote: [...]

Its purpose obviously is to draw attention to space and nasa programmes. They've suffered cutbacks and can only keep on getting funding, or obtain further funding by selling themselves. As my comment indicated, it's a good attempt, but what they really need is another carl sagan. He could make people dream of space and as a result, nasa got everything it could hope for. "Have your name on a chip" is a gimmick which exploits human selfishness and may very well fail to draw attention to the purposes and technicalities of the actual mission.


To be fair, we do have Neil DeGrasse Tyson, though awesome as he is, he's still not quite Carl Sagan. Carl Sagan was like Tyson + Jim Henson in one package.

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23 Aug 2015 06:04 #200557 by
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http://www.techtimes.com/articles/78397/20150822/want-to-send-your-name-to-mars-nasa-can-help-heres-how.htm

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