Send your name and callsign to the Moon

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is scheduled to launch the SELENE lunar orbiter by an H-IIA Launch Vehicle in the summer of 2007.

The major objective of the SELENE mission is to acquire scientific data to answer key questions on the Moon's origin and evolution. It is the first fully-fledged lunar exploration project since the Apollo program.

JAXA is collecting names and will have them etched on a sheet which is attached to the spacecraft. This is a worldwide campaign sponsored by JAXA in cooperation with The Planetary Society of Japan and The Planetary Society of the U.S.A.

Please send your name and message within the following letter limits before January 31, 2007:

In Japanese: Name should be within 10 characters, and the message should be within 20 characters.

In English: Name should be within 10 letters, and the message should be within 40 letters.

More information is availabe in English at:
http://www.jaxa.jp/pr/event/selene/index_e.html

Source: JAXA

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