The exploration campaign for Mars continues and while some missions are still ongoing, others are about to begin their journey to the Red Planet. One of these is Mars 2020, to be launched by NASA in July 2020 and landed on the planet by February 2021.
But it is not just an opportunity for scientists and insiders to learn more about Mars, March 2020, like other missions, it will enable us to leave a mark even for "ordinary people." In fact, a chip will be placed on the rover where the names of thousands of people will be graved up to Mars in space.
It's very simple and free to participate! Just visit the relevant NASA website page and fill in the fields required. At this point, your pass can be printed or stored and useful miles can be "collected" to become frequent flyers on board NASA missions.
This is not, of course, the same experience of being physically there, but in the near future it could be an important relic for generations to see the human being walking on the Red Planet.
March 2020 will be NASA's most advanced rover and its weight of about one ton will be a new landing technique challenge. The mission plans to find signs of past microbial life, climate history, Martian geology and collection of samples.
The names of more than 2 million people were present on Insight and it will be possible to continue adding names until 30 September 2019. As in the past, the names will be written thanks to a beam of electrons on a silicon chip with text lines only 75 nm in size. Once completed, the names will be placed under glass protection on March 2020.
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