Send Your Name to Mars 2020!
Another year another Mars Rover. Last 2018 NASA encouraged the public to take part in their program called Send Your Name to Mars where people accross the globe can register their name and it will be patterned into a tiny chip writing the text in nanometer scale. For the 2018 Rover InSight, it carried more that 2.4M of names including some famous people like William Shatner. This year, the 2020 Mars Rover will be carrying 10.9M+ names. More than half the entry came from just three countries. First is Turkey followed by India and then the USA. The Rover is planned to be launched between July 17 to August 5 2020 in Florida. If you are around that area be sure to have it a go :D a screenshot of the Mission Facts from https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/ I kinda want to flex my ticket :D Flex yours too Oh by the way, the Rover does not have an official name yet so if you are K12 in the USA now is your chance to join the contest. Registration will run until November 01, 2019.
