Send your name into the solar system

[Rick Kwan]

Spaceref.com is reporting two opportunities for people to send their
names on DVD or microchip into the solar system. The article synopses
are:

-- Only Five More Days for Your Name to Rise With the Dawn
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.nl.html?pid=21156
"NASA's campaign to send the nom de plumes of people from around the
world into the heart of the asteroid belt ends Sat., Nov. 4."
(This article ultimately points to:
http://www.dawn-mission.org/DawnCommunity/Sendname2asteroid/nameEntry.asp)

-- Fly Your Name on NASA's Phoenix Mission to Mars
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.nl.html?pid=21153
"The Planetary Society Will Send a Message from Earth and Visions of
Mars. One day, humans will land on Mars, and when they do, a message
will be waiting for them."
(This article ultimately points to:
http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/messages/phoenix_dvd.html)