One Lakh Indians Book Ticket For Mars

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    • Publish Date: Nov 9 2017 11:59AM
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    • Updated Date: Nov 9 2017 11:59AM
One Lakh Indians Book Ticket For Mars

MUMBAI: Around 1,38,899, people from India are Mars-bound. They have 'booked' a flight to the Red Planet via Nasa's InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) mission slated for launch on May 5, 2018. Nasa states that those who submitted their names were provided online 'boarding passes' for the mission.

The names are being etched on a silicon wafer microchip using an electron beam to form letters with lines one one-thousandth the diameter of a human hair. This chip will then be attached to the top hull of the lander.

Several Indians responded to Nasa's call for names for the Mars mission. The total number of names received by Nasa from all over the world is 2,429,807.

According to Nasa on Wednesday, India ranks third in the global list with regard to the number of names submitted for the Mars mission. The first is the US with 6,76,773 names followed by China with 2,62,752 names. India stands at number three.

Space experts point out that US leading the list is not surprising since it is, after all, a Nasa mission. However, they do say that the fact that India is next to China is a matter of significance.

They attribute India being ranked among the first three nations to two factors: the excitement and interest in Mars flights triggered by India's ground-breaking Mangalyaan mission, and the overall strengthening of India-US space ties.

Andrew Good of Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) told TOIthat the deadline to submit names was last week and "we are no longer accepting submissions".

Slated for landing near the Mars equator on November 26, 2018, it is a 720-day mission, which will gather data on the Martian interior by monitoring Marsquakes.

Nasa states that InSight's role is not only to study Mars, but also to gain broader insight into the formation of rocky planets in the entire solar system.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • They have 'booked' a flight to the Red Planet via Nasa's InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) mission slated for launch on May 5, 2018.
  • Nasa states that those who submitted their names were provided online 'boarding passes' for the mission.
  • The total number of names received by Nasa from all over the world is 2,429,807.

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Kritika Verma Raja Ram Mohan Roy Public School

Oh! I want it too.

Sahil gupta RYAN INT. SCH. SOHNA RD GURGAON

Great thing for India to be there in top three in having many number of people to go in this mars expedition. India also have major things of its own like mangalyaan and having a record of launching most satellites in space in a single Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle- PSLV-C37 . So good to know this thing.

CHHAVI RANA RUKMINI DEVI PUB. SCHOOL(PITAMPURA)

Great...

DASHA.S MARIAM NILAYA SCHOOL BANASWADI

Really its a great news! I too want to visit the RED PLANET!

Ronit.R National Hill View Public School

OH GREAT NEVER KNEW COMMON INDIANS KNEW SO MUCH ABOUT SPACE

TANAY VASISHTHA The Millennium School, Lucknow

oh i want a ticket tooooooooooooooooooooo

M.Srinivas Aditya Oxford Grammar School

I think that going to mars and building home for themselves on the red planet will not be as successful because mars does not have any atmosphere even though there is supply of water they will have to cautious about the air and atmosphere and the supply of oxygen. But even though Indian people over came all these problems and made the country proud. But I would like to ask a question how many people can a rocket accompany with itself. I would like my fellow mates this question.

Hemalatha.G Sethu Bhaskara Matriculation Higher Secondary Scho

Wowwwwwww!!! I want that!!!

Ananya Singh Harmony International School , Kharghar

Ohhh Great! I Wish I can travel to the red planet too.

mark aruliah SBOA SCHOOL & JUNIOR COLLEGE

Oh I am so eager to have it By guru

KAPISH BANSAL J.M. INTERNATIONAL SCH00L

Great! I too wants to visit.

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