Get your name etched on a spacecraft going to the asteroid Bennu

lukeloop on 17/01/2014 - 11:21
Last edited 23/01/2014 - 09:30 by 1 other user

http://www.planetary.org/get-involved/messages/bennu/

OSIRIS-REx

Messages to Bennu!
Travel to Bennu on the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft!

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission and The Planetary Society invite you to submit your name for a round-trip ride to asteroid Bennu. Your name will hitch a ride to the asteroid, spend 500 days there, and return in the Sample Return Capsule to Earth in 2023.

Plus your name will be on the spacecraft, which will remain in space long after returning the sample return capsule to Earth.

Like the mission on Facebook for mission updates, plus notifications on just where your name is from launch in 2016 to return to Earth in 2023. Engage the mission on Twitter for late-breaking news.

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  retiredfeline on 17/01/2014 - 11:23

  +2

  My name is the empty string, so I'm already on the list. :)

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  strangeloops66 on 17/01/2014 - 11:44

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  I doubt the form has ever been not seen.

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  Kiz on 17/01/2014 - 13:18

  Did it for the fun of it :)

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  jonomatic on 17/01/2014 - 15:53

  +3

  This could go one of two ways:

  1. An alien species finds the list and turns it into an Earth hit-list

  2. An alien species finds the list and accepts the names as the chosen ones, coming to earth and blessing those with unseen technology and potentially super human powers

  Didn't sign up at the risk of it being the first.

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    daydream on 19/01/2014 - 09:29

    They could also abduct the people and mate with them. Each way bet ;-)

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    punk on 22/01/2014 - 21:58

    I'm sure my name isn't that unique. I'll just point them to take the other similar named guy ;)

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  Twodogs on 17/01/2014 - 17:02

  Man this is awesome im going to space " well my moniker is " woohoo

  Thanks Op

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  lukeloop on 18/01/2014 - 11:15

  +1

  Don't forget to print out your free certificate.

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    daydream on 19/01/2014 - 09:21

    +1

    Wonder if people will ask if they can put it on their resume? ;-)

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  SBOB on 18/01/2014 - 13:16

  +1

  I wonder if the name: Al Ians Suq
  would cause an intergalactic war..

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  Bargaphile on 18/01/2014 - 13:17

  Cool , they did a similar thing for the mars rovers

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  altomic on 19/01/2014 - 00:34

  +2

  As long as it's not going to LV-426

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    lonewolf on 20/01/2014 - 10:17

    HAHA AWESOME!