Sunday, May 11, 2008

Send your name into space, onboard the Kepler spacecraft!


"Kepler is NASA's first mission capable of detecting Earth-size and smaller planets in the habitable zone of solar-like stars. The spacecraft is planned to be launched from Kennedy Space Center in February 2009. The spacecraft will be launched into orbit around the Sun, not the Earth, with an orbital period of 372 days. The spacecraft will slowly drift away from the Earth, such that in about 25 years it will be half an Earth orbit away, 300 million kilometers distant from the Earth, passing behind the Sun as viewed from Earth.

When you submit your name, you may also chose to provide a message of 500 words or less of why you think the mission is important. A copy of the DVD with all of the names and messages will be given to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum."

6 comments:

Greybishop said...

Fantastic.

Great find Sawsee.

Greybishop said...

I "poached" this one too. It's the kind of thing that deserves to be shared with as many people as possible, so I hope you don't mind me lifting it.

http://greybishop.blogspot.com/2008/05/another-amazing-find-by-sawsee.html

500 of my words that will leave this planet's gravity well.

Thanks Sawsee. I would've hated to miss this chance.

Sawsee said...

I love when you feel my post is worth sharing; it is another reason why I continue this site.

I wonder if I will be accepted, on to the ship, if I just say 'ditto, what Greybishop said'.

Lady-in-Gray said...

Greybishop's 500 words will be hard to top, won't they? If I get a chance, though, I'll try...(sigh)
:-)

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