World News Headlines June 30, 2020 Under One Ceiling 0 Welcome to Cloud City: The case for going to Venus, not Mars 0 0000 0 0 more Welcome to Cloud City: The case for going to Venus, not Mars June 30, 2020 Under One Ceiling now playing Transferring money from UAE abroad: what are my cheapest options June 30, 2020 Under One Ceiling WIN With Nespresso This Mother’s Day June 30, 2020 Under One Ceiling NBA Playoffs 2022: A Casual Fan's Guide to the Postseason June 30, 2020 Under One Ceiling Best New Climbing Gear of 2022 June 30, 2020 Under One Ceiling A Local Weekend Travel Guide to Austin, Texas June 30, 2020 Under One Ceiling First Drive: 2022 Range Rover Ups the Luxury SUV Experience June 30, 2020 Under One Ceiling Most Stylish Rain Jackets, Parkas, and Trench Coats for Men June 30, 2020 Under One Ceiling EU eyes Russian oil import ban as Moscow strikes western Ukraine June 30, 2020 Under One Ceiling World-class Clark Int’l Airport opens new 110,000 square-meter passenger terminal June 30, 2020 Under One Ceiling PCG: Bodies of 5 children who drowned in Taal Lake found June 30, 2020 Under One Ceiling Welcome to Cloud City: The case for going to Venus, not Mars NOTE FOR 2020 READERS: This is the 12th in a series of open letters to the next century, now just 80 years away. The series asks: What will the world look like at the other end of our kids’ lives? Dear 22nd Century, Is there life on Mars? Human life, I mean. Or does a pioneering percentage of you have your heads in the clouds of a closer planet instead? It’s not the sort of thing we take surveys about, because we’ve got a lot on our political plate right now. But if you were to ask the average 21st century Joe which planet we are most likely to establish permanent habitation on first, Mars would win in a landslide. It’s just a given. It’s NASA’s official plan — has been ever since the first President Bush announced we’d land on the planet by, ahem, 2019 — as well as Elon Musk’s highly theoretical plan for 2024. We’ve watched and read The Martian, cheering for deposits of ice and potatoes grown in Mars’ barren soil. Read more… More about Mars, Venus, Space Exploration, Mars Exploration, and Science Related No related posts. tags: RSS Feed World News 0000 0 0 previous Netflix unveils eerie new 'Unsolved Mysteries' clip next Ukraine fears Russia will use massive military exercises to invade
