
On the 15th July, I registered and participated in NASA's rover space programme. NASA issued me with a certificate of participation, where my name will be carried to Mars on a microchip carried by NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover.I got so many emails and comments in my inbox asking me details about how my name was chosen and why is it going to Mars.Some of you might be thinking what's the point of sending your name to Mars? What's the whole purpose of sending your name?Well there isn't-- it's just for the fun of it. But what NASA is really doing is that they are engaging and trying to raise the awareness for their space programmes with the...