Before the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover gets ready to travel to Mars, 10,932,295 names from all over the world were submitted and laser-etched onto 3 tiny chips, and these 3 fingernail size ships were installed on the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover‘s aft crossbeam. The names are not saved as files in the chips electronically but stenciled by electron beams physically. Carried by the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover on Mars, it is like these 10,932,295 people are exploring Mars alongside the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover.
We are building a 1:2 Peseverance Mars Rover Replica, which will perfectly replicate the appearance structure of the real Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover down to very fine details. Therefore, we will also have the name chips on the crossbeam on the Perseverance Mars Rover Replica. However, instead of having almost one million names on it like the real Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover, the users can write whatever they want. We can do it before sending out the Rover Replica, or the users can do it themselves with some necessary tools.
The name chips can be seen from cameras on the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover‘s mast. You can see them sitting together in a row and fixed by a cover and two big screws on the crossbeam. For our Perseverance Mars Rover Replica, the user can easily unscrew the chips, write whatever they want on them, and then put them back. If you are interested in our Mars Rover Replica, please check [1:2 Perseverance Mars Rover Replica Design and Building Diary].