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NASA to Fly You to the Moon for Free, Sinatra Style

gizmodo.com — NASA is opening the door to anyone wanting to go to the moon as part of their next lunar mission—all without requiring years of tests, training, or smoking astroturf. Sadly, only your name will go. You will get a certificate from NASA.

Who dugg this? Made popular May 5, 2008

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  • mvanhorn, on 05/05/2008, -0/+42Rick Astley is headed to the moon.. w00t

    and direct link to add yourself - http://lro.jhuapl.edu/NameToMoon/index.php
  • CTK14A, on 05/05/2008, -0/+41I'll never put my foot on the moon, but, soon, Mike Ock will be on the moon.
  • tcpip4lyfe, on 05/05/2008, -0/+40I don't need my name floating around in space. When the aliens come it'll be easier to find me.
  • sandeepg, on 05/05/2008, -1/+40I don't know why but I kinda like the idea of my name being on a microchip orbiting the moon. It's kinda like the Firefox 2 Friends Wall where you could submit a friends name that would be displayed on a 'digital wall' at Mozilla headquarters.
    But much cooler.

    Much cooler.
  • BlueSkyfish, on 05/05/2008, -5/+42Fly me to the moon, and let me play among the stars.
    Show me what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars.
    In other words, hold my hand.
    In other words, darling kiss me.
    Fill my life with song, and let me sing forevermore.
    You are all I hope for, all I worship and adore.
    In other words please be true.
    In other words I love you.

    Next time on Neon Genesis Evangelion....
  • CaffeinePowered, on 05/05/2008, -1/+33Hm, maybe a good way to fund the next moon mission would be to allow really rich people to purchase tickets :)
  • Dumbledorito, on 05/05/2008, -1/+25NASA went to the moon and all I got was this lousy certificate.
  • Rajaie, on 05/05/2008, -0/+22I wouldn't mind one
  • elias, on 05/05/2008, -3/+25i had to do it ....

    http://i32.tinypic.com/10ni4xs.jpg
  • sockpuppets, on 05/05/2008, -0/+20First lieutenant Amanda Hugnkiss reporting for duty, sir.
  • eyepatch100, on 05/05/2008, -2/+21...everyone dies.
  • Subriot, on 05/05/2008, -0/+17"Better than having my name fly around Uranus I guess." ~Sora57

    I found that comment hilarious.
  • inactive, on 05/05/2008, -0/+15I hope they have a good dictionary to catch all the Jack J. Ass and the like.
  • away8907, on 05/05/2008, -0/+14"The King of the Moon has recently passed away, and named you as heir to his throne. Unfortunately, as transportation is a one way process, we request 125 million dollars via Western Union to arrange Saturn V transportation for you as quickly as possible. We await your payment!"
  • inactive, on 05/05/2008, -0/+13and Mike Hunt, Ben Dover, Phil Atio, Connie Lingus, Anna Lingus, etc. Some of those could be real names, I guess.
  • noahgelman, on 05/05/2008, -0/+13I got a rock...
  • TomTruelle, on 05/05/2008, -0/+12Agreed.

    Also, for those who missed it, the direct link to sign up was in the comments.

    http://lro.jhuapl.edu/NameToMoon/index.php
  • dib2, on 05/05/2008, -0/+11I just sent Bugs Bunny to the moon.
  • tian2992, on 05/05/2008, -0/+10[Jikai Yokoku]
    Shinji chickens out, then decides to return, smashes the angel, then cries. Asuka kicks Shinji, then turns around to smile at Kaji. Rei states that she does not know what to do on situations like this.
    [End of song]
  • Nitrodist88, on 05/05/2008, -0/+9I am not my name.
  • Skootles, on 05/05/2008, -1/+10Hugh Jass is on his way..
  • tekmonkey, on 05/05/2008, -0/+7Bowie's in space...
  • soundman7718, on 05/05/2008, -1/+7Best mother's day gift EVER.
  • NoStoppingUs, on 05/05/2008, -1/+7did no one else catch that the certificate is signed by "el presidente" barack obama?
  • SeaICIubber, on 05/05/2008, -0/+6I'm busy adding star wars characters
  • LordVance, on 05/05/2008, -1/+7And you don't even WANT to know how many years you'll have to work in the Tin mines to get enough for all the foil hats your crew needs...
  • sup4141, on 05/05/2008, -1/+7To the moon Alice
  • Khast, on 05/05/2008, -0/+6Great, now when we actually get visitors from another planet, they will know us for littering our planet, AND our moon....and they'll have all the names of the people who littered.
  • alexf, on 05/05/2008, -0/+5I don't need Aliens stealing my identity and using my credit card.
  • staeiou, on 05/05/2008, -0/+5Why? This isn't going on some plaque or banner that will be publicly displayed - it will be put in a massive text file that will be transferred to a flash drive (most likely that's the "microchip") that no one will ever access again.
  • Hangly, on 05/05/2008, -0/+5It's your dust ruffles that define you as a person.
  • jawagas, on 05/05/2008, -1/+5I sent Boba Fett to the moon!
  • Arowin, on 05/05/2008, -0/+4Hmmm SQL Injection.... do I or don't I.....
  • cipher91, on 05/05/2008, -2/+6sadly no
  • inactive, on 05/05/2008, -2/+6Yeah, because he was completely serious.

    COME ON!
  • JasonMath, on 05/05/2008, -0/+3I think that the Galactic Lord Xenu has already visited this planet, along with his offspring, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.
  • j3ff86, on 05/05/2008, -0/+3How about we fly to the moon CAJUN STYLE!
  • apophenic, on 05/05/2008, -0/+3http://www.idlewords.com/2005/08/a_rocket_to_nowhe ...
  • badwithcomputer, on 05/05/2008, -6/+9this is the lunar equivalent to Nigerian email scams- don't be surprised when your identity is stolen and all your credit cards are maxed out.
  • spootmonkey, on 05/05/2008, -1/+4dugg only for flight of the conchords
  • monkbit, on 05/05/2008, -0/+3NASA doesn't have a ridiculous budget. It only has 0.6% of the $2.9 trillion US budget which is $17.3 billion. Compare it to something that definitely isn't helping our country, or the world (the Iraq war) which gets 16% or $474 billion and tell me what is ridiculous.
  • Scottievm, on 05/05/2008, -0/+3Jack Mehoff
  • Skafia, on 05/05/2008, -0/+3and, as always, more fan service!
  • inactive, on 05/05/2008, -0/+3I went to high-school with both a Mike Hunt and a Micah Hunt. It made for some hilarious announcements over the loudspeaker...
  • JasonMath, on 05/05/2008, -0/+2Do you mean Hugh Jass Miss Ile?
  • Hangly, on 05/05/2008, -0/+2I tagged the side of the rocket. 1C3 K00L is gonna be in space, yo!
  • themastersb, on 05/05/2008, -0/+2Everyone becomes one, but that's pretty much the same as not existing because you don't have others to confirm your existence.
  • Protoss, on 05/05/2008, -0/+2Bowie's in Space!
  • roosterjack, on 05/05/2008, -0/+2Cool! where to next?
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