Send Your Name to the Moon

RWood · 06-22-2008, 12:16 AM

I have always had a fascination about space. I remember watching Alan Sheppard's first sub-orbital flight, I remember watching Ginger Baker ducking behind the curtain between songs on Cream's final US tour in 1969 and then after one of the curtain ducks announcing "You Yanks just landed a man on the moon."

The APL at Johns Hopkins University is collecting names to be stored on a chip that will be part of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO.) The LRO's objectives are to find safe landing sites, locate potential resources, characterize the radiation environment, and demonstrate new technology.

Link to LRO project details: http://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Link to send your name: http://lro.jhuapl.edu/NameToMoon/index.php

If you sign up your name will be placed on their list and you will receive a numbered certificate of participation. (You print it on your printer.)

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is built and managed by NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center for NASA. "Send Your Name to the Moon" Project is a partnership with NASA, the LRO Project, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and the Planetary Society.

Hurry the deadline is June 27, 2008.

spooky69 · 06-22-2008, 12:18 AM

Random Ford Butler

desertgrandma · 06-22-2008, 10:47 AM

See you there! Have forwarded this to a friend who is a space nut.......great link.

RWood · 06-27-2008, 09:33 AM

Over 1,600,000 have already joined. Today is the last day.

Taylor514ce · 06-27-2008, 09:36 AM

The moon? We've been there, done that. C'mon, world, let's have a real space program!

Hey, France! Race ya to Mars?

zelda_pinwheel · 06-27-2008, 09:38 AM

actually, it's a little known fact that the french actually are FROM mars. so, you know, been there, done that.

RWood · 06-27-2008, 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

actually, it's a little known fact that the french actually are FROM mars. so, you know, been there, done that.

That would explain the out-of-this-world taste of French bread and wines.

zelda_pinwheel · 06-27-2008, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RWood

That would explain the out-of-this-world taste of French bread and wines.

exactly.

tirsales · 06-27-2008, 10:00 AM

Did you bring a shirt? I'd like to exchange a Pluto-pullover (it's not a planet anymore - gosh, you should have seen those collector-prices dropping) against a mars-shirt.

WDecraene · 06-27-2008, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RWood

That would explain the out-of-this-world taste of French bread and wines.

You forgot to mention the wines and strikes-on-a daily-basis.

Taylor514ce · 06-27-2008, 10:09 AM

Save Pluto! Boot Uranus!

Someone had to be the 11-year old boy in the thread, might as well be me.

06-22-2008, 12:16 AM	#1
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Send Your Name to the Moon I have always had a fascination about space. I remember watching Alan Sheppard's first sub-orbital flight, I remember watching Ginger Baker ducking behind the curtain between songs on Cream's final US tour in 1969 and then after one of the curtain ducks announcing "You Yanks just landed a man on the moon." The APL at Johns Hopkins University is collecting names to be stored on a chip that will be part of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO.) The LRO's objectives are to find safe landing sites, locate potential resources, characterize the radiation environment, and demonstrate new technology. Link to LRO project details: http://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Link to send your name: http://lro.jhuapl.edu/NameToMoon/index.php If you sign up your name will be placed on their list and you will receive a numbered certificate of participation. (You print it on your printer.) The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is built and managed by NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center for NASA. "Send Your Name to the Moon" Project is a partnership with NASA, the LRO Project, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and the Planetary Society. Hurry the deadline is June 27, 2008. Attached Thumbnails

06-22-2008, 10:47 AM	#3
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	I'm off! See you there! Have forwarded this to a friend who is a space nut.......great link.

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