Tell Me Something............Anything!

[Pigmy Pony]

Bit Nerdy, But the Mars Lander lands today, hope it all goes well, I along with 2,4 Million people have there names on a microchip implanted on the lander.

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8287/more...f+mars20181119

https://mars.nasa.gov/participate/se...f+mars20181119

Anyone else have there name on it?

Is that what they're calling it, the Mars Lander? Nowt wrong with a bit of optimism I suppose. Personally I would go with "Mars Approacher" until it happens. It's a shame I won't live long enough to see us inhabit the place. I would like to open its first pub. I would call it "The Mars Bar".

[Pigmy Pony]

Seriously Paul, that looks like a nice idea - would no doubt help with funding the mission, and get people more involved in it. Was it expensive? On a slightly related note, C4 is airing an eight-part series called "The First", about a mission to Mars. If you've not seen it, it's definitely worth a watch. One of the few things on telly that me and Mrs. P are both enjoying.

[Joe]

Is that what they're calling it, the Mars Lander? Nowt wrong with a bit of optimism I suppose. Personally I would go with "Mars Approacher" until it happens. It's a shame I won't live long enough to see us inhabit the place. I would like to open its first pub. I would call it "The Mars Bar".

There's a new hairdessers opened near us. Part of it is called 'The Colour Bar', which for people of my generation sounds vaguely racist, though it's presumably just somewhere you get your hair dyed.

[Joe]

Bit Nerdy, But the Mars Lander lands today, hope it all goes well, I along with 2,4 Million people have there names on a microchip implanted on the lander.

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8287/more...f+mars20181119

https://mars.nasa.gov/participate/se...f+mars20181119

Anyone else have there name on it?

If someone called Joe has had their name implanted, yes. Unless the chip is discovered and decoded by angry Martians who will then seek out and exterminate all those named, in which case, no.

[alphaGT]

Business at the Pub on Mars might be a little slow these days? Perhaps a nice pub in orbit makes more sense? Within space-walking distance of the international Space Station. There are always 4 or 5 patrons hanging out near by.

Russell

[Pigmy Pony]

Due to the whole weightlessness thing, they would only serve light beers.

[p147]

Seriously Paul, that looks like a nice idea - would no doubt help with funding the mission, and get people more involved in it. Was it expensive? On a slightly related note, C4 is airing an eight-part series called "The First", about a mission to Mars. If you've not seen it, it's definitely worth a watch. One of the few things on telly that me and Mrs. P are both enjoying.

It cost nothing you just to register on the NASA website, Good for the kids to get intertested and it really was quite impresive the scince and tech involved.
Thanks for the heads up on the C4 prog.

Due to the whole weightlessness thing, they would only serve light beers.

[p147]

If someone called Joe has had their name implanted, yes. Unless the chip is discovered and decoded by angry Martians who will then seek out and exterminate all those named, in which case, no.

I better be careful then as there are only two people on this planet with my surname, the other being my son, perhaps we should consider changing it to Smith.

[Pigmy Pony]

I better be careful then as there are only two people on this planet with my surname, the other being my son, perhaps we should consider changing it to Smith.

I suppose Geekyhifilovingplanetbotherer isn't the kind of surname that a future bride would aspire to Only kidding Paul - now I've seen it in print I'm considering deed poll!

[Ian7633]

If you're going to open the Mars Bar Steve then you'd need a decent takeaway nearby for the drunken walk home. I'd find it very hard to resist a Space Kebab or Stellar Burger