[Offtopic] Fwd: Hitch a Ride on the Glory Satellite

[Roland Gesthuizen]

I registered a name before the birth, played safe by registering both
genders and got a thump on the arm for my efforts (ouch).

Love the message bit .. I think the one we negotiated was "Call back home
when you get to your friends place."

Regards Roland

2009/12/26 Cameron Bell <bell.cameron.p at edumail.vic.gov.au>

> I'll add this to my collection of spacecraft that my family is on. All of
> us (except the youngest who wasn't born) are on the New Horizons probe on
> the way to Pluto and all the kids are sending a perpetual message on the
> Venus Climate Orbiter.
> You can send your own message and have until 10/1/10 to sign up.
> http://www.jaxa.jp/event/akatsuki/index_e.html
>
> I think my youngest's message was "are we there yet?"
>
> Cheers
> Cameron
>
>
>
> On 25/12/2009, at 6:17 PM, Roland Gesthuizen wrote:
>
> Sounds like a fun activity. Years ago I managed to get the names of my
> family onto the Mars mission rovers. Enjoy :-)
> Regards Roland
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>
>>
>> Do you want to hitch a ride on NASA's next climate monitoring satellite?
>> Join the Glory mission, which will launch no earlier than Oct. 1, 2010, by
>> surfing over to the Send Your Name Around the Earth Web page. Names will be
>> recorded on a microchip built into the satellite, and you will get a
>> printable certificate from NASA acknowledging your participation. There are
>> already 226,323 names on the chip, but there's still plenty of room. You may
>> not submit your name more than once.
>>
>>
>> To add your name to the microchip, visit *
>> http://polls.nasa.gov/utilities/sendtospace/jsp/sendName.jsp*.
>>
>>
>> Glory carries two scientific sensors dedicated to understanding the
>> effects of aerosols and the sun's variability on Earth's climate. The
>> Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor will collect information about tiny liquid and
>> solid particles suspended in the atmosphere that absorb or reflect sunlight.
>> The Total Irradiance Monitor will measure the intensity of incoming sunlight
>> that can vary over time.
>>
>>
>> To learn more about the Glory mission, visit http://glory.gsfc.nasa.gov/.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Become a Friend to the Glory Mission on Facebook:
> http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=1368706679&ref=profile
>
>
>
>
> --
> Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
>
> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
> change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret
> Mead
>
>
>


-- 
Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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