NASA Puts the Earth Up For Adoption (cnn.com)

Posted by msmash on Monday April 10, 2017 @08:40AM from the in-some-other-news dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Wondering how to show that special planet some affection this Earth Day? Adopt it. NASA has sectioned off 64,000 individual pieces of Earth to be "adopted" by supporters on their website. The pieces are about 55 miles wide and assigned randomly. Similar to adopting a highway or naming a star, participants do not get legal or property rights to their section. So whether you get the 55-mile section that contains the Taj Mahal or the one that is square in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, you benefit the same.

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And if you believe that... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-04-10 08:43 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I've got a bridge to sell you...
I miss the days... by HotNeedleOfInquiry · 2017-04-10 08:55 · Score: 1, Offtopic

When NASA was so busy trying to fly to the moon that it had no time for such nonsense.

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