It is a sister project to this one tho, Genesis.
http://genesismission.jpl.nasa.gov/
Is this the same ship that carried a cd with names fo people worldwide that submitted their name long long ago?
It is a sister project to this one tho, Genesis.
http://genesismission.jpl.nasa.gov/
Renegade says his family's name is on it so yes it must be. My name was blown up on the CD on Deep Impact.
Yes, the returning capsule has (2) micro chips with names on them which were submitted prior to launch.
I added myself and members of my family to the chip.
For fond memories I even added my paternal Grandfather, who went to his grave declaring man never stepped foot on the moon.
Papa would rant that " It's just a government ploy to get more tax money from us using this space hoax!".
The chips will go on display at the NASA Space museum as I recall. People on tours will be able to look up names. I am not sure if looking up names will be an online opportunity.
There is an identical set of chips (2) which are still traveling through space attached to the main part of the space craft used to get the samples.
I have already signed up to volunteer to search a tiny portion of gel of any dust particle. If someone finds a particle. it will be named after them if I am recalling the derails correctly. .