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braddy
braddy's Journal
braddy's Journal
August 6, 2012
How many here used NASA's offer to have your name etched onto Curiosity ?
For awhile you could submit your name and NASA would etch it onto a microchip that they then installed on the Curiosity, to take to Mars.
http://marsparticipate.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/sendyourname/
"Thanks to all for submitting your names. You are on your way to Mars!
Your names are being prepared for etching on a microchip that the Curiosity rover will carry on its "back" (its "deck" ."