Mars 2020 to Launch in ~2 weeks

[VibeChecker]

Just a question: Did anyone send their name to Mars like I did? The name will be engraved on a small chip with millions of other names.

 

[Earl]

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Just a question: Did anyone send their name to Mars like I did? The name will be engraved on a small chip with millions of other names.

Yeah, I did!

 

[Altaïr]

No I didn't. I care about my privacy. What if the chip with my personal data on it was to be found by a foreign government?

On a more serious tone I didn't even know it was a possibility.

 

[Pink]

https://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-your-name/mars2020/
Applications closed now, but there will be another flight in a few years.

 

[Roger Jolly]

Now if I could hack the rover and spell my dog’s name in Martian rocks...

They seriously going to launch in 2 weeks~?

 

[Horus Lupercal]

No I didn't. I care about my privacy. What if the chip with my personal data on it was to be found by a foreign government?

Wouldn't worry about it, China already knows who you are. And what could they do to you? If they start messing about, you'll just launch them into Low Jovian Orbit

On a more serious tone I didn't even know it was a possibility.

I suppose it's the natural extension of the Voyager plate but with a crowd-funded feel to it. Stirs the public interest in what could be viewed as a small-ticket space mission.

 

[Altaïr]

Wouldn't worry about it, China already knows who you are. And what could they do to you? If they start messing about, you'll just launch them into Low Jovian Orbit

You're right. Just in case I would better quickly learn how to use the VEEGA route in 1.5, I only tried once...

 

[Pink]

They seriously going to launch in 2 weeks~?

Yup.
Good luck to the "Perseverance" and "Ingenuity" vehicles.

 

[8BitCosmonaut]

Wouldn't worry about it, China already knows who you are. And what could they do to you? If they start messing about, you'll just launch them into Low Jovian Orbit

 

[4KidsOneCamera]

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Just a question: Did anyone send their name to Mars like I did? The name will be engraved on a small chip with millions of other names.

Yep, added my name last year!

 

[8BitCosmonaut]

No I didn't. I care about my privacy. What if the chip with my personal data on it was to be found by a foreign government?

On a more serious tone I didn't even know it was a possibility.

It's not china you should be worried about, those who wrote their name on that slate are selling their souls to the demons on Mars.

 

[8BitCosmonaut]

8bitCosmonaut

Imagine your great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson discovering your name on that slate.

The name of the engineers on Earth who built the hardware to get to Mars has far more value than one of some random plonker who's trying to feel better about himself.

If I were that grandson? Having to know that my grandfather helped built the vehicle would sound far cooler than simply being an alphabetical passenger.

 

[Chara-cter]

who wrote their name on that slate are selling their souls to the demons on Mars.

 

[Pink]

Mars demons can only possess those who step foot on Mars. It is known.

 

[8BitCosmonaut]

You're lucky they're currently busy fleeing from doom guy.

 

[TtTOtW]

Legman's got us covered

 

[BANDWITH]

Legman's got us covered

 

[Pink]

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That's some good suspension.

 

[TtTOtW]

See, I tooolja!