Send Your Name to the Moon!
Send Your Name to the Moon! The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (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. Cool, isn’t it? NASA invite 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 the project’s website, 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 and travel along with it. The deadline for submitting names is June 27, 2008. The LRO 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. The mission 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. So, hurry up. Sign in the website and have your name traveling into orbit
