[SFDXA] Morse Code on Mars!

Bill bmarx at bellsouth.net
Wed Mar 3 09:43:44 EST 2021


  /Can you read the Morse code on the Mars rover?  It's a little tricky
  to pick out the message until you see how they are arranging the
  letters./


  Send Your Name to Mars Chip Plate Artwork

A line drawing on a trapezoidal plate shows the Sun with Earth to the 
left and Mars to the right 
<https://mars.nasa.gov/system/resources/detail_files/25648_Names-chip.jpg>

February 26, 2021

This artwork is etched on a metal plate attached to a crossbeam near the 
back of the Mars Perseverance rover. Three silicon chips containing 10.9 
million names of Mars fans are mounted to the actual plate. In the 
center of the anodized plate, the Sun shines brightly, giving light to 
both Earth and Mars. The Sun’s rays feature some hidden Morse code, 
spelling out a message of unity for our global community: “Explore as One.”

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California built and 
manages operations of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover for NASA.

For more information about the mission, go to: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020 
<https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020>.

NASA/JPL-Caltech

https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/25648/send-your-name-to-mars-chip-plate-artwork/
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