Your name on a comet!!

Factual Questions
1

So a friend of mine sent me this link… supposedly you can enter your name on a database that will be put on a CD that will then be part of a craft that will be then slam in a comet.

Hoax or not? Here’s the link:

www.deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/sendyourname/index.html

Or this another “Get your own star!” nonsense?

PS Couldn’t find any reference to this on Snopes!!

2

The actual link is http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/sendyourname/index.html

They’re not asking for money, donations or anything of the sort, and it’s on NASA’s webserver. I see no reason to doubt its authenticity.

3

NASA is not generally in the habit of faking people out, and it’s not like this hasn’t been done before. :wink:

4

Of course, the probe is going to have a lot of scientific value aside from the names… It’s not like they’re launching this thing just to get the names there. And even in a spacecraft where weight is critical, a single mini-CD is light enough to make this a very inexpensive public outreach program.

5

Well waddya know…

Thanks guys!

6

Well waddya know…

Thanks guys! :smiley: