Send your name to Mars!

An Fear Aniar · 15-07-2009 1:05am #1

Fill in your information on the page and your name will be included with others on a microchip on the Mars Science Laboratory rover heading to Mars in 2011!

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/sendyourname/index.html

You'll get a certificate you can download as well. I gave my postcode as WD40...:cool:

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jumpguy · 15-07-2009 1:10am

Great find! Pity it's on a microchip though and you don't get to send a message...but I won't complain (except for that)! I hope they make them weather proof so they'll last long enough for me to see them when I go there.

My name is URL · 15-07-2009 1:13am

Awesome

Its good to see stuff like that happening, even if it is meaningless

NASA are long overdue in recapturing people's hearts

Biggins · 15-07-2009 1:17am

Ma said my name would go far. She was right!
Can't wait to tell her!

An Fear Aniar · 15-07-2009 1:18am

You can't download the cert with "save image as" but I made the broswer fullscreen with F11 and took a screenshot. The image on that page is not the full page, it's only a banner at the top.

Lets see how many Irish we can get on the chip:

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/sendyourname/worldmap/

So far there's 380.

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pablomakaveli · 15-07-2009 1:19am

Cool. My name is going to Mars.:D

Biggins · 15-07-2009 1:22am

An Fear Aniar wrote: »

You can't download the cert with "save image as" but I made the broswer fullscreen with F11 and took a screenshot. The image on that page is not the full oage, it's only a banner at the top.

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"Ctrl" and "+" or "-" to reduce or inlarge the screen
Then screen grab, paste into "Paint" then for example and print off.

...or you could just use "Faststone Capture". Does the job in seconds.
(6th icon across from left - the one with the arrow pointing down)

jumpguy · 15-07-2009 1:24am

An Fear Aniar wrote: »

You can't download the cert with "save image as" but I made the broswer fullscreen with F11 and took a screenshot. The image on that page is not the full page, it's only a banner at the top.

Lets see how many Irish we can get on the chip:

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/sendyourname/worldmap/

So far there's 380.

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I know this is a really stupid question, but there's IR and IE. What's IR?

EDIT: It appears to be Iran. They're in 5th place with nearly 7000 names. How odd!

Karl Hungus · 15-07-2009 1:29am

I'll sign my name "My Ass." That way I can get my ass to mars.

An Fear Aniar · 15-07-2009 1:31am

jumpguy wrote: »

I know this is a really stupid question, but there's IR and IE. What's IR?

I assume they're the internet domains, so IE = Éire. Maybe IR is Iran?

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legendal · 15-07-2009 2:33am

I put in 55378008 as the zipcode. Should I be maturer than that at this age? Possibly. :pac:

tech77 · 15-07-2009 2:49am

Would love to hear Run to da hill's take on this.

Victor McDade · 15-07-2009 2:50am

legendal wrote: »

I put in 55378008 as the zipcode. Should I be maturer than that at this age? Possibly. :pac:

Excellent. I live just up the road in 5318008 918

Overheal · 15-07-2009 3:09am

savemejebas wrote: »

Excellent. I live just up the road in 5318008 918

i thinkk thats a legitimate phone number actually.

Cianos · 15-07-2009 3:27am

My name is URL wrote: »

Awesome

Its good to see stuff like that happening, even if it is meaningless

NASA are long overdue in recapturing people's hearts

As opposed to all our base?

Seaneh · 15-07-2009 5:20am

I'm going to Mars!
Cert!

Zillah · 15-07-2009 5:39am

You guys are in so much trouble once some aliens find this and track down everyone on it.

KTRIC · 15-07-2009 6:26am

What if some aliens use it to rob my identity.

Its a summer blockbuster in the making :eek:

Run_to_da_hills · 15-07-2009 8:06am

tech77 wrote: »

Would love to hear Run to da hill's take on this.

Fools, this has got absolutly nothing got to do with sending our name to Mars. :rolleyes:

Someone is tring to trick you all into submitting your name and corresponding IP address on to an Nigerian database. :eek:

ejmaztec · 15-07-2009 8:37am

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Fools, this has got absolutly nothing got to do with sending our name to Mars. :rolleyes:

Someone is tring to trick you all into submitting your name and corresponding IP address on to an Nigerian database. :eek:

I await my Martian spam with interest. You never know, they might have some pills for growing three dicks.

Loomis · 15-07-2009 9:17am

Neilo Armstrong woz 'ere

SV · 15-07-2009 9:20am

Mr. Anderson wrote: »

Neilo Armstrong woz 'ere

No he wasn't.

Loomis · 15-07-2009 9:34am

SV wrote: »

No he wasn't.

It's all a conspiracy.
They'll get to all the planets eventually (on a sound stage) and discover he planted flags on them all long ago.

Capt'n Midnight · 15-07-2009 10:54pm

jumpguy wrote: »

Great find! Pity it's on a microchip though and you don't get to send a message...but I won't complain (except for that)! I hope they make them weather proof so they'll last long enough for me to see them when I go there.

Thank You
the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is 42
for your participation.

Your Name is heading to Mars!

Tar.Aldarion · 15-07-2009 11:23pm

Yes, off you go name!
Just out a little message about a girl in the postcode, but they won't sent that. :P

galwayrush · 15-07-2009 11:28pm

Waste of time, space radiation will zap the chip.:rolleyes:

Elessar · 15-07-2009 11:30pm

I already put my name on mars a few years ago through some other robot that went up. All names went on a disc I think - cant for the life of me remember what mission it was though.

galwayrush · 15-07-2009 11:31pm

Lost in space.:rolleyes:

El Weirdo · 15-07-2009 11:39pm

An Fear Aniar wrote: »

You can't download the cert with "save image as" but I made the broswer fullscreen with F11 and took a screenshot. The image on that page is not the full page, it's only a banner at the top.

Lets see how many Irish we can get on the chip:

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/sendyourname/worldmap/

So far there's 380.

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erm... Still 380 and I put 2 names on it...

16-07-2009 12:02am

How do you take a screen shot?

Biggins · 16-07-2009 12:08am

Deleted User wrote: »

How do you take a screen shot?

Number fo ways but the easiest to start off with is press "Print Screen" - it will be a button on your keyboard, usually on the top right somewhere.

Press it, then go into the likes of Paint and "paste" it.