Send your name to Moon : NASA mission : Hurry!!!
Send Your Name To Moon
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is NASA’s next big mission to the Moon, & it will launch later this year. It will carry a camera that will have 50 cm resolution on the surface of the Moon, a laser altimeter for mapping the lunar topology, a radiation detector to map out the radiation environment of the Moon, and more.
But there’s something else it can carry as well: your name. NASA is putting a microchip onboard LRO that will contain the names of anyone who submits them. Send them your own, or a relative, or someone you’re trying to impress.
The deadline is June 27, 2008 for the submission of names.
“I think this is a cute idea. It doesn’t hurt the mission, doesn’t add any real mass, but it can help inspire people about space travel and give them a sense of ownership. They even have a cute video about it.”
Gino Iori
Great find !!
RiSH : replied
Thanks !!! I found it somewhere while googling or read it at engadget. I dont remember actually.