Wednesday, September 30, 2020
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A Great Podcast About Life On Venus
https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/0916-2020-venus-phosphine-discovery-casey-dreier
Sunday, September 20, 2020
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Friday, September 18, 2020
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Monday, September 14, 2020
Saturday, September 5, 2020
In Praise Of The Netflix Mini Series Away!
All of you know that I have a passion for Mars. I have watched every Mars movie and television series that I could get my hands on. I have even been to conferences where production teams on Mars series have been presenters. Netflix just premiered a ten-part miniseries about the first manned mission to Mars. It is called Away. It is high budget and well thought out. I'm sure that NASA, Space-X, and European Space Agency workers watching it think to themselves-"Oh my gosh that's what it's really like!" Here is a summary of the show:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8787802/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_6
The first human mission to Mars truly has
an international crew. The commander is an American woman played by Hillary
Swank. Other crew members come from Russia, Kenya, China, and the Middle East.
There are a lot of Chinese characters in the show. Mandarin is spoken quite
often with English subtitles. It is not a space opera. The astronauts are all
very human with all sorts of problems to worry about back on earth. There are
suspenseful moments and a lot of high drama. In bad times, it is good to have
great entertainment!! Anna you would not go to sleep during this show!
Friday, September 4, 2020
The Virtual Humans To Mars Summit Was A Great Success!
The Humans
To Mars Summit ended yesterday. It is a great event. In the best of years, it
is held in person in Washington, DC. This year it was a virtual event. It was a
first-time for such a virtual event. It had many technical hurdles and a couple
of false starts. The end result was a stunning conference that exceeded all
expectations.
One fascinating thing stands out and I want
to share it with all of you. I have run into a lady named Vera Mulyani at many
Mars events. She is an architect. She runs a very innovative company called
Mars Design Studio. She designs cities and buildings for Mars. Vera is a very
attractive lady in her late 30's. She is always well-dressed. She is always
well-spoken. I assumed that she was from a very wealthy Indonesian family. One
would need to be wealthy to be the international person who she is. Vera told
her story yesterday during the conference. She started life in a slum in
Jakarta. She made her way to France. She got educated as an architect. She
practiced as an architect in France. She is a gifted artist. She has been able
to finance her education and many ventures in life by selling artwork. She went
to New York City. Later she went to Los Angeles. First, she wanted to be a
filmmaker. She made several short films. Then she had a radical idea. She
decided that she wanted to do architecture on Mars. (A famous Israeli woman
architect named Michal Ziso also does this.) Vera launched a Go Fund Me Page.
She raised $30,000 in a few days. Her company was born. Here is her life story:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Mulyani
I have incredible admiration for people who
defeat impossible odds.