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Send Your Name to the Moon...Again!, "Messages from Earth" opportunity for the Lunar Reconnaissan |
 Sep 13 2007, 08:01 PM
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While more than 412,000 names and messages will hopefully be heading towards the Moon tonight onboard Japan's Kaguya spacecraft, you can submit your name again (courtesy of The Planetary Society)...this time onboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter...
http://planetary.org/special/fromearth/lro HURRY! Deadline is March 31, 2008. 
-------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
http://human-spaceflight.blogspot.com |
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Sep 13 2007, 09:15 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1281 Joined: 18-December 04 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 124 |
Signed in, but no love for Mac users on the certificate....
Tried Safari, Camino AND FireFox.... IIRC, the PS had this issue before on other certificates, but was able to fix it. 
-------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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Sep 13 2007, 10:15 PM
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 Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Really sorry about that. I'm not sure what the nature of the problem is, but it's been worked on, and we can't seem to make it work. The only thing Mac users can do is to download the certificate and fill in your name yourself. Make sure that it doesn't open in Preview, you need to open it as a PDF.
Really dumb, I know, but that seems to be the answer we've got for you.  --Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Sep 13 2007, 11:24 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1281 Joined: 18-December 04 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 124 |
I could have sworn there was a workaround, as I have PDFs on my drive - but those may be from JPL instead now that I think of it....
FWIW, I was able to get Preview to accept the edits though by doing a "save as." That way I can make sure the proper certificate number is recorded. 
NUMBERONE.pdf ( 175.71K )
Number of downloads: 868If I read the certificate copy out loud, for some reason I feel the need to say "Now here's Emily back with some more Q&A" at the end. -------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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Sep 14 2007, 04:59 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
Well, LRO will outdo Kaguya for number of names, anyway. I just signed up for the LRO program and got certificate number one million, one hundred and sixty-nine.
 -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Sep 14 2007, 08:07 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
Deadline changed to May 1, 2008. LRO should DEFINITELY have a lot more names onboard than Kaguya if this opportunity ends 7 months from now...
-------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
http://human-spaceflight.blogspot.com |
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Oct 1 2007, 06:01 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
Odd... That LRO page was taken down. Perhaps Goddard Spaceflight Center changed their mind and didn't want the names of non-rocket scientists gracing their spacecraft? Or having TWO spacecraft orbiting the moon with the names of civilians onboard was a bit superfluous?
-------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
http://human-spaceflight.blogspot.com |
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Oct 1 2007, 06:36 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Turns out the release was premature; a few HQ hoops yet to be jumped through. Don't worry, if you signed up while the page was up, we still have your names on file. Stay tuned.
--Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Oct 1 2007, 07:02 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
Thanks for the info, Emily. I thought someone at Goddard wasn't as into the whole public relations thing as JPL and JAXA are...
-------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
http://human-spaceflight.blogspot.com |
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Oct 1 2007, 08:51 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Goddard is very much as on board as we, JPL, and JAXA are!
--Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Oct 2 2007, 06:54 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
That's great news. Well... For those who haven't submitted their names yet.
-------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
http://human-spaceflight.blogspot.com |
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