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punkboi
The Planetary Society is collecting names and messages to be placed on its Lightsail-1 spacecraft...as well as another solar sail that will be launched with Japan's Akatsuki mission to Venus next year:

http://www.planetary.org/special/fromearth/sail

The deadline is March 14
punkboi
The DVD was installed on IKAROS last night.

http://twitter.com/ikaroskun/status/12337727130

The grammar is a bit off when you translate it on Google or Babylon.com, but you get the idea smile.gif
elakdawalla
I think it says they received the DVD. The subsequent Tweet says it'll be mounted next week. At least that's what I think it means. The Google translation turns out a bit naughty. rolleyes.gif
nprev
laugh.gif laugh.gif laugh.gif

I foresee many years of hilarity ahead as JAXA becomes a major player in UMSF!

punkboi
The Babylon translation is even more horrendous. laugh.gif

If only there was an English version of the IKAROS Twitter page...like the main JAXA page
punkboi
EDIT: The DVD was attached to IKAROS on April 25 (using Velcro). smile.gif

http://twitter.com/ikaroskun/status/12800570532

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