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The POT launched an initiative that allows people from all over the world to participate in the exploration of the solar system by submitting their name on board the spacecraft Europe Clippers. This mission scheduled for launch in October 2024 from the Kennedy Space Center of the POTaims to explore the moon Europe of Jupiteran ocean world that could harbor life.
The campaign, titled “Message in a bottle“, is a collaboration between the POTthe United States Poet Laureate program and the Library of Congress, this initiative seeks to have people send their name through space, along with a poem written by Ada Limón.
The poet of Mexican descent evokes the connectivity of the two aquatic worlds, on the one hand she shows the Land like our house and Clippers as the instrument that will make us discover an aquatic world.
Although it will not be possible to send a message to outer space as in other initiatives of the POTit will be possible that your name is accompanied by the poet of LemonTo be able to do this process you must do the following:
- Enter the NASA Europa Clipper page (Exploring Jupiter’s Icy Moon)
- Register your first and last name that will be sent to the space
- Enter your email as a means of participation
- Once the registration is completed, an image will be generated with your name that guarantees that the message will be sent
the poem of ada lemon And the names of the participants will not only be sent into space; will also be embossed on the Europa Clipper robotic spacecraft of the POT. In addition, the names of the participants will be recorded on microchips and mounted on the spacecraft, traveling together on an epic 2.9 billion kilometer journey to the Earth system. Jupiter.
The mission Europe Clippers aims to conclusively confirm and characterize the existence of a vast ocean on the moon Europa of Jupiter. This moon, with its enigmatic icy subsoil and subterranean oceans, has become a focal point for the search for life beyond Earth. Land.
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