William Atkins
Friday, 02 May 2008 04:45
Science -
Space
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is inviting everyone around the world to join in its ‘first step back to the Moon’ with its "Send Your Name to the Moon" project as part of its LRO spacecraft mission.
The NASA
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft is expected to be launched to the Moon before the end of 2008. It is the first mission of the
Lunar Precursor Robotic Program (LPRP).
The LPRP program is a series of unmanned (robotic) spacecraft missions that NASA is flying to the Moon in preparation for its later human exploration of the Moon beginning in the middle of the 2010s.
The second LPRP mission is the
Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) spacecraft.
The LRO mission is to identify potential landing sites for future manned Orion missions (under the new NASA Constellation program), to identify lunar resources, and to study the lunar radiation environment.
When you submit your name to the “Send Your Name to the Moon” project, your name will be included with all the other submitted names in a large database and placed on a microchip that will be integrated onto the spacecraft.
The deadline to submit your name is J
UNE 27, 2008. You should do it as soon as possible so your name doesn’t get left back on Earth when everyone else’s name is circling the Moon.
You just might be asking yourself at this time: How do I “Send My Name to the Moon”?
Please read on.
