Can't afford to go to Mars? Tell NASA to send your name instead
You can add your name to the list until September 30 and obtain the souvenir boarding pass to Mars.
![This image made available by NASA shows the planet Mars. This composite photo was created from over 100 images of Mars taken by Viking Orbiters in the 1970s. The attraction is sure to grow on Monday, November 26 with the arrival of a NASA lander named InSight. (NASA via AP, File) This image made available by NASA shows the planet Mars. This composite photo was created from over 100 images of Mars taken by Viking Orbiters in the 1970s. The attraction is sure to grow on Monday, November 26 with the arrival of a NASA lander named InSight. (NASA via AP, File)](https://s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/images.asianage.com/images/aa-Cover-gaklm5aho9ubbpq11tbtc1gfh3-20181126142300.Medi.jpeg)
NASA announced on its official blog that it is giving the public an opportunity to send their names. (NASA via AP, File)
If you felt a trip to Mars is not possible in this lifetime, NASA is giving you an opportunity to send your name instead.
NASA announced on its official blog that it is giving the public an opportunity to send their names, stencilled on chips which will be sent aboard the Mars 2020 rover that is scheduled to launch as early as July 2020 with a touchdown expected in February 2021.
You can add your name to the list until September 30 and obtain the souvenir boarding pass to Mars. An electron beam will be used to stencil the submitted names onto a silicon chip with lines of text smaller than one-thousandth the width of a human hair, which means more than a million names can be written on a single dime-size chip.
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