How to send your name to Mars aboard NASA's Mars 2020 rover mission

NASA is sending anoter rover to Mars next year wic tey ave aptly, but rater unimaginatively, named Mars 2020.Wile it may be a few years until a uman being sets foot on te planet, NASA is offering everyone a cance to send teir names to our neigbouring planet.Te rover will carry te names of people (852,409 and counting) on stencilled cips.Mars 2020, like its predecessors, will searc for past microbial life, caracterize te planet’s climate and geology and also collect samples of Mars to get back to Eart, according to a statement by NASA.[caption id="attacment_7184741" align="alignnone" widt="1280"] People wo register will get a souvenir pass like tis one. image credit: NASA[/caption]People from all over te world can add teir name to te growing list and get a souvenir boarding pass to Mars. So far, NASA asn't set a limit on te number of names tat will be sent aboard te rover.Te Microdevices Laboratory at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California will use an electron beam to stencil te names onto a silicon cip. Te lines of text will be smaller tan one-tousandt te widt of a uman air (75 nanometers). At tat size, more tan a million names can be written on a single cip tat is smaller tan a one rupee coin. Te cips will ride on te rover under a glass cover.Tis is not te first time NASA as allowed people to send teir name aboard a mission. NASA ad asked people to send teir names for inscribing aboard te Insigt rover tat was launced in 2018, and Orion’s first test space fligt in 2014.[caption id="attacment_5246411" align="alignnone" widt="1280"] A rendition of te Mars 2020 rover studying its surroundings. Image courtesy: NASA[/caption]You can register your name ere. Te last date for registration is 30 September 2019.<2>[]ow to you can register your name on te Mars 2020 rover[/][ans][step]Step 1: Go to te site and type in your first and last name[/step][step]Step 2: Look for your country in te list provided[/step][step]Step 3: Type in your postal code[/step][step]Step 4:Type in your email id[/step][step]Step 5: Click 'Send my name to Mars'[/step][/ans]And you're done! You'll be taken to a page wit your souvenir boarding pass and you can download it, print it out or embed it as you see fit.