How to send your name to Mars: TikTok’s latest out-of-this-world trend!
Becoming a NASA astronaut takes years, now you can get yourself to Mars in seconds. Kind of. Here’s how to send your name to Mars. NASA’s Send Your Name to Mars campaign allows people to submit their name to go to Mars with the rover. Engineers stencil names onto chips using an electron beam, and the chips are mounted to a small plate attached the middle of the aft crossbeam on the rover. Admittedly, the names are small. In fact, the Perseverance rover, which landed on February 18