# Send your name to Mars!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-your-name-to-mars/136948>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 15, 2002, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-your-name-to-mars/136948 "2002-11-15T22:59:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Badge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Badge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badge)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-your-name-to-mars/136948/1 "2002-11-15T22:59:59Z")

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NASA has a free program to send a CD with a list of names to Mars on the next mission. It is free, and you can print a certificate showing that your name is on the list.

Unfortunately, I just learned about this today, and the deadline is midnight tonight (November 15, 2002).

Here’s the link:

[http://spacekids.hq.nasa.gov/2003/nameform.cfm](http://spacekids.hq.nasa.gov/2003/nameform.cfm)

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**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-your-name-to-mars/136948/2 "2002-11-15T23:28:03Z")

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My son said to tell you that was cool. He’s off showing off his certificate 🙂

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-your-name-to-mars/136948/3 "2002-11-15T23:29:15Z")

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I’m a space kid at heart…

🙂

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**Author:** ![Badge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Badge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badge)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-your-name-to-mars/136948/4 "2002-11-16T03:01:42Z")

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I’m glad someone else enjoyed the idea.

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-your-name-to-mars/136948/5 "2002-11-16T04:06:46Z")

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I just went outside and yelled my name as loud as I could.  
I’ll make a certificate later.