# Put Your Name on a Comet

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-name-on-a-comet/174404>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 10, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-name-on-a-comet/174404 "2003-05-10T23:48:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-name-on-a-comet/174404/1 "2003-05-10T23:48:53Z")

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[Nasa](http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/) has a neat little project going. They’re burning names into a CD which will be buried in a comet by the spacecraft which is due to crash into Comet Tempel 1 in July, 2005.

You can go to the website and add your name for free to the CD. I think it’s a pretty neat idea.

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**Author:** ![Mars\_Chronos\_etc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Mars\_Chronos\_etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mars_Chronos_etc)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-name-on-a-comet/174404/2 "2003-05-11T03:39:25Z")

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Wouldn’t the CD get scratched?

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**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-name-on-a-comet/174404/3 "2003-05-11T04:34:00Z")

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I just _knew_ someone would come up with [this great idea](http://deepimpact1.jpl.nasa.gov/sendyourname/certificate.cfm?CertNum=30838&CertName=Heywood_Jablomie).

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**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-name-on-a-comet/174404/4 "2003-05-11T04:36:10Z")

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And [this one](http://deepimpact1.jpl.nasa.gov/sendyourname/certificate.cfm?CertNum=29078&CertName=Mike_Rotch) too.

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**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-name-on-a-comet/174404/5 "2003-05-11T04:51:35Z")

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Now [this](http://deepimpact1.jpl.nasa.gov/sendyourname/certificate.cfm?CertNum=32455&CertName=Penis_Sniffer) is just tasteless.

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**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-name-on-a-comet/174404/6 "2003-05-11T05:27:27Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Mars,Chronos,etc. \*  
> \*\*Wouldn’t the CD get scratched? \*\*

Doesn’t matter. I’ve heard that aliens have superior CD player technology. In fact, it’s so advanced, that they have forgotten how to play LPs, and have no idea how to listen to the gold record which was sent on \* Voyager. \*