NEW YORK: NASA is inviting people around the world to submit their names online, so as to etch them on to a microchip that will be sent to Mars. The microchip will be placed aboard the Mars 2020 rover.
The names can be submitted to the webpage (https://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-your-name/mars2020) before September 30.
After the submitted names are reviewed and approved, the Microdevices Laboratory at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will stencil the names on a silicon chip using an electron beam.
(Agencies)
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