Send Your Name To Mars

07-15-09, 10:06 PM

Wait till 4chan sees this...

Torplexed · 07-15-09, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Rilder

Wait till 4chan sees this...

I think they already have.

Raptor1 · 07-16-09, 01:30 AM

Right, time to inform the Martians of our real intent

Blacklight · 07-16-09, 01:36 AM

You can see the DVD that my name is stored on in this picture of the Phoenix probe. I wasn't expecting to actually SEE it just sitting on the outside like that. I hope it's insulated well from anything damaging. It looks like it's already filthy.

Just looked up information on the DVD on Wikipedia:
Attached to the deck of the lander (next to the US flag) is the "Phoenix DVD", compiled by the Planetary Society. The disc contains Visions of Mars, a multimedia collection of literature and art about the Red Planet. Works include the text of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds (and the radio broadcast by Orson Welles), Percival Lowell's Mars as the Abode of Life with a map of his proposed canals, Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles, and Kim Stanley Robinson's Green Mars. There are also messages directly addressed to future Martian visitors or settlers from, among others, Carl Sagan and Arthur C. Clarke. In 2006, The Planetary Society collected a quarter million names submitted through the Internet and placed them on the disc, which claims, on the front, to be "the first library on Mars." This Phoenix DVD is similar to the Voyager Golden Record that was sent on the Voyager 1 & 2 missions.

The Phoenix DVD is made of a special silica glass designed to withstand the Martian environment, lasting for hundreds (if not thousands) of years on the surface while it awaits discoverers.

The text just below the center of the disk reads:
“ This archive, provided to the NASA Phoenix mission by The Planetary Society, contains literature and art (Visions of Mars), greetings from Mars visionaries of our day, and names of 21st century Earthlings who wanted to send their names to Mars. This DVD-ROM is designed to be read on personal computers in 2007. Information is stored in a spiral groove on the disc. A laser beam can scan the groove when metallized or a microscope can be used. Very small bumps and holes represent the zeroes and ones of digital information. The groove is about 0.74 micrometres wide. For more information refer to the standards document ECMA-268 (80 mm DVD Read-Only Disk).

Stealth Hunter · 07-16-09, 01:40 AM

I sent the lyrics of BAD into space...

Michael, your songs shall live on.

Blacklight · 07-16-09, 01:43 AM

I hope that NASA doesn't stop doing this type of thing if they get an overabundance of silly names. I think it's neat to be able to brag that your name is on another planet.

Stealth Hunter · 07-16-09, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Blacklight

I think it's neat to be able to brag that your name is on another planet.

You and a million other people who participated in this exact same thing, lol.

Blacklight · 07-16-09, 01:53 AM

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Blacklight

I think it's neat to be able to brag that your name is on another planet.

You and a million other people who participated in this exact same thing, lol.

Exactly !!!!

07-16-09, 01:30 AM	#3
Raptor1 Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Stavka Posts: 8,211 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Right, time to inform the Martians of our real intent __________________ Current Eastern Front status: Probable Victory

07-16-09, 01:36 AM	#4
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	You can see the DVD that my name is stored on in this picture of the Phoenix probe. I wasn't expecting to actually SEE it just sitting on the outside like that. I hope it's insulated well from anything damaging. It looks like it's already filthy. Just looked up information on the DVD on Wikipedia: Attached to the deck of the lander (next to the US flag) is the "Phoenix DVD", compiled by the Planetary Society. The disc contains Visions of Mars, a multimedia collection of literature and art about the Red Planet. Works include the text of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds (and the radio broadcast by Orson Welles), Percival Lowell's Mars as the Abode of Life with a map of his proposed canals, Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles, and Kim Stanley Robinson's Green Mars. There are also messages directly addressed to future Martian visitors or settlers from, among others, Carl Sagan and Arthur C. Clarke. In 2006, The Planetary Society collected a quarter million names submitted through the Internet and placed them on the disc, which claims, on the front, to be "the first library on Mars." This Phoenix DVD is similar to the Voyager Golden Record that was sent on the Voyager 1 & 2 missions. The Phoenix DVD is made of a special silica glass designed to withstand the Martian environment, lasting for hundreds (if not thousands) of years on the surface while it awaits discoverers. The text just below the center of the disk reads: “ This archive, provided to the NASA Phoenix mission by The Planetary Society, contains literature and art (Visions of Mars), greetings from Mars visionaries of our day, and names of 21st century Earthlings who wanted to send their names to Mars. This DVD-ROM is designed to be read on personal computers in 2007. Information is stored in a spiral groove on the disc. A laser beam can scan the groove when metallized or a microscope can be used. Very small bumps and holes represent the zeroes and ones of digital information. The groove is about 0.74 micrometres wide. For more information refer to the standards document ECMA-268 (80 mm DVD Read-Only Disk). __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !" Last edited by Blacklight; 07-16-09 at 01:49 AM.

07-16-09, 01:43 AM	#6
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	I hope that NASA doesn't stop doing this type of thing if they get an overabundance of silly names. I think it's neat to be able to brag that your name is on another planet. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

07-15-09, 10:06 PM	#1
Rilder Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Wait till 4chan sees this...

07-16-09, 01:40 AM	#5
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I sent the lyrics of BAD into space... Michael, your songs shall live on.