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[Your Name Here] Goes To Mars

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the rather-send-name-to-a-motos-actually dept.

The-Pheon writes: "Now you can take a trip to the red planet, if in name only. NASA is giving space enthusiasts a chance to send their personal appellation on a spacecraft slated to blast off for Mars in 2003. Think of it, millions of /.ers names on the Martian surface." Of course, you can also send your name to random postcard recipients, which would get you about the same up-close view of Mars, but at least this way you can imply to your grandchildren that you were part of a Mars mission.

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  1. Been there, done that... by morzel · · Score: 3
    Only the results weren't quite what I expected ;-)


    Okay... I'll do the stupid things first, then you shy people follow.

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  2. DeCSS by TummyX · · Score: 4

    I wonder how long your name is allowed to be. You could send DeCSS to mars :).

  3. Nasa funds Low? by dashmaul · · Score: 4

    So is this NASA's way of making up for budget cuts?

    What's next? Letting rich people pay for a ride up?, Oh wait that's been done already.

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    1. Re:Nasa funds Low? by Kierthos · · Score: 4

      No, no... they want a Mars mission that won't crash!

      Kierthos

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  4. The name list by heikkile · · Score: 4

    And in 2005 the Martians come to demand compensation when the rover accidentally crashes in their capital and kills two high priests. They demand the unconditional surrender of the following individuals:

    Firs post
    First post
    Hot grits
    Kilroy was here
    goats.cx

    As all of those have been seen frequenting slashdot, they will nuke the slashdot site from the orbit if said persons are not delivered to Mars within a week.

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  5. Only the name :( by gerddie · · Score: 3

    Dear NASA,

    I am very unhappy that you only send names,
    because i very much would like to send a full
    contact announcement to the marsian females.

    Please could you think about it a second time?

    Yours sincerely

  6. Beem there, done that by stud9920 · · Score: 3
    I wonder how long your name is allowed to be. You could send DeCSS to mars :).
    I have tried to do it with the short perl code, and got the following result :
    Your name has been entered into the Mars Name Disk list and is pending approval.

    Only proper names will be accepted.

    If you have entered a URL or an e-mail address, it will be removed from the system.

    Note: It is a violation of U.S. Code to improperly use Federal computing resources. You are on an official US Government (Federal) web site now.


  7. If the Martians read the list and invade by koreth · · Score: 3

    I'm personally going to dodge their heat rays long enough to throttle whoever put their name down as "All Your Base Are Belong To Us."