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[Bill Harris]

04/24/2003) --- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Jim Lloyd, with the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) program, places on MER-1 a computer chip with about 35,000 laser-engraved signatures of visitors to the rovers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The signatures include those of senators, artists, and John Glenn. The identical Mars rovers are scheduled to launch June 5 and June 25 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

From the KSC archives, I found out that there was a chip with 35,000 laser-engraved names on it. And I also found where it is located on our Rovers-- see the attached images: the first was taken at KSC during the Rover assembly, the other is a clip from Dilo and Nirgal's colorized self-portrait.

--Bill

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From the KSC archives, I found out that there was a chip with 35,000 laser-engraved names on it.  And I also found where it is located on our Rovers--  see the attached images: the first was taken at KSC during the Rover assembly, the other is a clip from Dilo and Nirgal's colorized self-portrait.

--Bill

There are two astrobots and 4 million names on a DVD on the MERs as well, courtesy of The Planetary Society and LEGO:

http://www.planetary.org/rrgtm/pr20030607.html

http://www.planetary.org/rrgtm/dvd.html