[meteorite-list] To the Moon, Alice!
From: Maria Haas <dragonsoup_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 10:52:18 -0700 Message-ID: <BLU117-W54B300D3F0C68B9AD4B1F5CDD60_at_phx.gbl> > SEND YOUR NAME TO THE MOON WITH NEW LUNAR MISSION > > WASHINGTON -- NASA invites people of all ages to join the lunar > exploration journey with an opportunity to send their names to the moon > aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, spacecraft. > > The Send Your Name to the Moon Web site enables everyone to > participate in the lunar adventure and place their names in orbit around > the moon for years to come. Participants can submit their information at > http://www.nasa.gov/lro, print a certificate and have their name entered > into a database. The database will be placed on a microchip that will be > integrated onto the spacecraft. The deadline for submitting names is June > 27, 2008. > > 'Everyone who sends their name to the moon, like I'm doing, becomes part > of the next wave of lunar explorers,' said Cathy Peddie, deputy project > manager for LRO at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. > 'The LRO mission is the first step in NASA's plans to return humans to the > moon by 2020, and your name can reach there first. How cool is that?' > > The orbiter, comprised of six instruments and one technology > demonstration, will provide the most comprehensive data set ever returned > from the moon. The mission will focus on the selection of safe landing > sites and identification of lunar resources. It also will study how the > lunar radiation environment could affect humans. > > LRO will also create a comprehensive atlas of the moon's features and > resources that will be needed as NASA designs and builds a planned lunar > outpost. The mission will support future human exploration while providing > a foundation for upcoming science missions. LRO is scheduled for launch in > late 2008. > > The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is being built at Goddard. The mission > also will be managed at the center for NASA's Explorations Systems Mission > Directorate in Washington. > > Send Your Name to the Moon is a collaborative effort among NASA, the > Planetary Society in Pasadena, Calif., and the Johns Hopkins Applied > Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. > > To send your name to the moon, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/lro Received on Tue 06 May 2008 01:52:18 PM PDT |
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