NASA gives away free tickets to Mars

 

 

In an effort to drum up public interest in its space exploration program, NASA is allowing the public to get their names on Mars via the Orion spacecraft and future space missions.

 

Using the official submission form, you can submit your name, country, postal code, and email address to NASA. Once submitted, you will automatically receive a personalized "flight ticket" that can be printed and is suitable for framing. 

NASA will also place your personal information onto a microchip, which will be carried aboard an exploration spacecraft and will be left permanently on the Martian surface.

CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR NAME ON MARS.

 

You can even save up frequent flyer points, which probably depends on how many missions your name has been on, but it’s not clear if you can actually do anything with them.

 

The deadline for submitting your information to be included in the Orion mission is October 31. You can still submit your personal information past the deadline, but your name will instead be included in future missions.

 

Looking for signs of life

Since the first close-up pictures of Mars were taken in 1965, scientists have been studying the planet in an attempt to figure out its mysteries.

 

According to NASA, the big question about Mars is whether or not life existed on the Red Planet —and whether it's still there.

This was raised after the discovery that liquid water most likely existed on the planet in the past, and that pockets of water might still be preserved somewhere beneath the planet surface.

If so, then it's also possible that life may have evolved and survived there.
 

NASA's Mars Exploration Program is following an exploration strategy called “Seek Signs of Life.” The Curiosity rover is currently seeking evidence of chemical building blocks of life on the Martian surface. — TJD, GMA News