Send your name to Mars with Mars 2020
A few days ago, you can send your name to Mars with the NASA Mars 2020 mission! As in the past the names of the ” travelers ” will be written on a silicon chip that can remain on the Red Planet for a long time.
The Mars exploration campaign continues and while some missions are still in progress, others are about to begin their journey towards the Red Planet. One of these is Mars 2020, which NASA intends to launch in July 2020 and to land on the planet by February 2021.
But it is not just an opportunity for scientists and insiders to know something more about Mars, Mars 2020, like other missions it will allow us to leave a mark even for ” ordinary people “. In fact, a chip will be placed on the rover where the names of thousands of people who want to travel will be engraved, in space up to Mars.
Participating is very simple and free! Just visit the appropriate page on the NASA website and fill in the required fields. At this point, it will be possible to print or store your pass and ” collect ” useful miles to become frequent flyers on board NASA missions.
Of course, this is not the same experience of being there physically, but in the near future it could be an important relic for the generations that will be able to see the human being walking on the Red Planet.
Mars 2020 will be the most advanced rover launched by NASA and its weight of about a ton will be a new challenge with regards to the landing technique. The mission plans to go to find signs of past microbial life, climate history and Martian geology as well as sample collection.
On Insight, the names of over 2 million people were present and up to 30 September 2019 it will be possible to continue adding names. As in the past the names will be written thanks to a beam of electrons directed on a silicon chip with lines of text of the size of only 75 nm. Once finished, the names will be placed on Mars 2020 under a glass protection.
