Name that mission - Name and quote added to esa(96?)?

[paulolearysp]

Back in 1996 or 1997 I signed on to a European website (possibly esa) and added my name and a quote (for no charge) that would eventually be put on a CD that was going to be placed on a probe/mission of some sort. Does anyone know what that was? Hopefully it wasn't Beagle2! But then, if Beagle2 is on Mars, my quote is there too!

 

[paulolearysp]

It looks like I'm answering my own question. I noticed there were about 44 views of my post, but no replies, so I poked around the esa website and found my answer.<br /><br />Apparently the CD was for the Huygens probe, which is now resting comfortably on the chilly surface of Titan! Now if I can only find out if my quote(and everyone else's) made it...<br /><br />Here's the press release<br />http://www.esa.int/esaCP/Pr_2_1997_p_EN.html<br /><br />N° 2-1997: Cassini/Huygens<br /> <br /> <br />1 February 1997<br />Cassini/Huygens, a joint ESA/NASA mission, will be launched in October 1997.<br /> <br />After a journey lasting almost 7 years, which will take the spacecraft to an orbit around Saturn, ESA's Huygens probe will be released over Titan, Saturn's largest moon, and will examine its environment and surface.<br /><br />On the occasion of this unique scientific mission, ESA is planning to fly a CD-ROM aboard Huygens, on which all the signatures and messages contributed by Europeans will be borne away to Titan. These will be collected by ESA on a special Internet site, whose address is:<br /><br />http://www.huygens.com<br /><br />ESA and the media are linking up for this unusual operation, making arrangements for sending a token of human life into deep space. This is an idea that goes back to the 1970s, when the Pioneer 10 and 11 space probes were fitted with metal plates carefully engraved with information about life on Earth. Today's digital storage technology enables a large number of signatures and messages to be recorded on a single CD-ROM for dispatch into space.<br /><br />ESA is proposing cooperation to the media in two ways:<br /><br />1. Information on Huygens. ESA will provide the media with all the information they need about the Huygens programme, including written, photographic and video material.<br /><br />2. Collection of signatures. The media w

 

[chebby]

I feel sorry for the poor alien sob that will find that CD-ROM in a million years and has to decipher these "priceless messages" from the past. Probably gems like "Always eat spaghetti with your left hand" or "The internet is a great way to get on the net".

 

[lunatio_gordin]

lol. Aliens that find that will not be wanting to seek us out <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" />

 

[paulolearysp]

Yep, sure enough, here's the link to what people posted. <br /><br />Not sure if there are any future william shakespeare's there.<br /><br />http://television.esa.int/Huygens/index.cfm<br /><br />My name was listed with a quote. Luckily it's not too embarassing. Are there any famous or not so famous scientists listed?<br /><br />

 

[jll62]

And the four from John Doe.....very deep...lol<br /><br />"Do you have toilets and if so which way do they flush?"<br /> <br />"To be or not to be; that is the question. To invade or not to invade; that has an obvious answer. To get the final answer is to be the final answer. To be universal is to understand the universe. To understand the universe is learning to understand yourself because you are an universe of your own; like the many galaxsies are parts of the system not yet clear to you. Thinking helps."<br /> <br />"Tüät nid z'wiud. A Hiubä"<br /> <br /> "see you all very signed john""

 

[chebby]

Wow, after reading some of these, mine actually sound deep and profound <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />Btw, you can just enter the first name (like John) and you'll get back all etries for all Johns.