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Affordable space travel may be far off, but Earth-dwellers can send their names to Mars for free under a program by the Planetary Society, a space advocacy program.

The Planetary Society is sending a DVD carrying Earthlings' names, space-inspired literature and messages from prominent space exploration advocates to Mars on board NASA's Phoenix Mission, a project headed by the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory.

"The idea is that this will become a time capsule from the first decade of the 21st century and may be returned by astronauts in the far distant future," said Peter Smith, of the University of Arizona's Lunar & Planetary Laboratory and the Phoenix Mission's principal investigator.

The Planetary Society was founded in 1980 by Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray and Louis Friedman to inspire and involve the public in space exploration.

Besides the names, there will be video messages from Smith, Sagan, Society Director Friedman and author Arthur C. Clarke, and art and writings inspired by Mars.

Perhaps most surprising is the inclusion of a copy of the radio broadcast of H.G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds."

The Phoenix Mission is scheduled to launch in August 2007 and land on Mars in May 2008.

The disc will be attached to the deck of the lander.

Name travelers must sign up by Feb. 1.