{"id":8036,"date":"2014-06-06T00:14:25","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T04:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8036"},"modified":"2014-06-06T00:14:25","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T04:14:25","slug":"uwingu-offers-dads-a-farthers-day-gift-on-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8036","title":{"rendered":"Uwingu offers Dads a Farther’s Day gift on Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Uwingu<\/a>\u00a0Mother’s Day effort attracted over 1200 people to name a crater on Mars for their Moms. Now comes their Dads’ turn. For Father’s Day, Uwingu has opened the\u00a0Dad’s Rock Mars!<\/em>\u00a0campaign:<\/p>\n

\u00a0Uwingu Offers Dads an Out of This World Father\u2019s Day Gift<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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As a part of Uwingu\u2019s \u201cDad\u2019s Rock Mars\u201d Father\u2019s Day project, gift givers visiting Uwingu\u2019s web site at\u00a0www.uwingu.com<\/a>\u00a0have the first-ever opportunity to honor Dads for Father\u2019s Day by naming a crater for him on Uwingu\u2019s crowdsourced Mars map. The map will be carried to the surface of Mars on an upcoming space mission sponsored by Mars One.<\/p>\n

Uwingu, a company helping people personally connect with space exploration and astronomy, announced today this unique gifting experience, which will last until Father\u2019s Day, June 15. Each crater named for Father\u2019s Day will be recognized with a handsome, official certificate of naming.<\/p>\n

Half of the revenue Uwingu receives from the craters bought and named on Uwingu\u2019s Mars map will go to fuel\u00a0The Uwingu Fund<\/a>, which provides grants to further space education, exploration and research. Prices range from $5 to $5,000 depending on crater size. There are almost 590,000 unnamed, scientifically cataloged craters on Uwingu\u2019s crowdsourced Mars map.<\/p>\n

\u201cDads of all ages will love this really unique, out this world Father\u2019s Day gift for 2014. Dad may not be able to go to Mars himself this year, but his name can be put on the first ever public naming effort for Mars, and he\u2019ll know that it\u2019ll be going to Mars when Mars One launches its first lander mission in 2018,\u201d said Alan Stern, Ph.D., planetary scientist, and founder and CEO of Uwingu; Stern formerly directed all science programs and missions at NASA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Uwingu\u00a0Mother’s Day effort attracted over 1200 people to name a crater on Mars for their Moms. Now comes their Dads’ turn. For Father’s Day, Uwingu has opened the\u00a0Dad’s Rock Mars!\u00a0campaign: \u00a0Uwingu Offers Dads an Out of This World Father\u2019s Day Gift As a part of Uwingu\u2019s \u201cDad\u2019s Rock Mars\u201d Father\u2019s Day project, gift givers … Continue reading Uwingu offers Dads a Farther’s Day gift on Mars<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,14,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shopping","category-space-participation","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-25C","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7708,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7708","url_meta":{"origin":8036,"position":0},"title":"Uwingu offers first Mother’s Day Gifts on Mars","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 7, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"An announcement from Uwingu: World\u2019s First Mother\u2019s Day Gifts Available on Mars \u2014 From Uwingu! 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