Send your name to Venus on the Akatsuki mission |
Send your name to Venus on the Akatsuki mission |
Oct 24 2009, 09:02 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
-------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
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Oct 25 2009, 08:36 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
Thanks for highlight, punkboi.
My msg is: "We have so much to learn about Venus!" -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Oct 25 2009, 08:44 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Thanks, PB!
Cool; my first mission "name certificate" in Japanese! -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Oct 25 2009, 08:50 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
I was tempted to write "Give Venus Express a nudge to wake it up when you get there..." but decided against it...
LOVE these "Send your name to space!" websites, great way of getting people involved. At our exhibition at Kendal Museum ( http://oauniverse.wordpress.com ) we have left a sheet for people to write their names on if they're not online but want to add their names to things like this, so now they can all go to Venus, too! -------------------- |
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Oct 25 2009, 09:48 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Couldn't agree more, Stu, and that's a genius idea!
My daughter (who sadly did not inherit even a trace recessive expression of my "space gene") was awestruck the first time I did this on her behalf. It diverted her attention from Louis Vitton purses & the Utah Jazz for a bit to contemplate things of greater import & historical durability, and that alone is a conciousness-raising experience for anyone. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Oct 25 2009, 10:41 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Well, we have our International Year of Astronomy Autumn "MoonWatch" this Tuesday night ( http://twitpic.com/m4u30 ) so I'll be taking names for this Venus probe sign-up there, too. I've had quite a few people asking me what "that bright star in the morning" is, so I'm sure there'll be a lot of interest.
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Oct 26 2009, 03:55 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
It would be awesome if there's another Mercury-bound mission that allowed us to submit our names for it.
Once Akatsuki launches and (safely) reaches Venus, and Glory (flawlessly) launches next year, I myself would personally have my name around all the major inner solar system bodies except Mercury (Akatsuki at Venus, Glory around the Earth and LRO around the Moon, Kepler in heliocentric orbit near Earth, Phoenix...and hopefully Curiosity...at Mars, and Dawn at Vesta and then Ceres) Still waiting for that next New Horizons-type opportunity, though... -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
http://human-spaceflight.blogspot.com |
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Oct 26 2009, 01:24 PM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1374 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
I signed up.
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Dec 9 2009, 09:39 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
The Planetary Society is now collecting names for Akatsuki as well...complete with a much better-looking certificate than the one the JAXA site provides...
http://planetary.org/special/fromearth/akatsuki/ -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
http://human-spaceflight.blogspot.com |
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Apr 24 2010, 06:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
Nameplates attached to Akatsuki
http://www.stp.isas.jaxa.jp/venus/index.html - 16 March 2010 (1) Update -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
http://human-spaceflight.blogspot.com |
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Dec 8 2010, 08:50 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
If there's an upside to Akatsuki's unfortunate predicament, it's that at least it (and the thousands of names onboard) won't meet a fiery fate in Venus' atmosphere. Inevitable fiery fate by the Sun? Yes. Venus? No. (Assuming, of course, Akatsuki is unable to perform an orbit injection maneuver during the December 2016/January 2017 opportunity as well.)
For the time being, Akatsuki and IKAROS will obviously be in heliocentric orbit together. -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
http://human-spaceflight.blogspot.com |
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