1,38,899 Indians book ticket to Mars
Around 1,38,899 people from India have booked a flight to Mars. The same is being done through NASA's InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) mission which is slated for launch on May 5, 2018.
NASA
said
that
those
who
had
submitted
their
names
have
been
provided
with
an
online
boarding
pass.
The
names
are
being
etched
on
a
silicon
wafer
microchip
using
an
electron
beam
to
form
letters
with
lines
one-thousandth
the
diameter
of
a
human
hair.
This
chip
will
then
be
attached
to
the
top
hull
of
the
lander,
Times
of
India
reported.
NASA received a total of 2,429,807 names from across the world. The list is being led by the United States with 6,76,773 names followed by China with 2,62,752 names. India stands at number three.
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