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Obama Criticizes Elon Musk: It's Better to Protect Earth Than Mars

Obama Criticizes Elon Musk: It's Better to Protect Earth Than Mars Barack Obama. Photo: AP/Carolyn Kaster -  Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos through their respective companies, SpaceX and Blue Origin, have the ambition to build colonies in outer space, including the planet Mars. However, the effort was criticized by the former president of the United States, Barack Obama.  According to him, Earth will be more habitable than the planet Mars, even after nuclear war. Obama argued that the tycoons in Silicon Valley should focus more on saving the Earth than investing in flying humans into space.  "When I hear some people talk about plans to colonize Mars because Earth's environment may be so degraded as to be uninhabitable, I look at them and wonder, what are you talking about?" Obama said at the opening of the POwR.Earth 2024 Summit in Paris.  SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT "Even after a nuclear war, Earth will be more habitable than Mars, even if we don't

This is a photo of the Earth from space that changed the world

This is a photo of the Earth from space that changed the world This is a photo of the Earth from space that changed the world. Photo: NASA -  Christmas Eve 1968, the Apollo 8 crew captured a spectacular scene as they orbited the Moon, in which the illuminated Earth appeared above the barren Moon's horizon. The NASA astronauts were amazed by what they saw.  "Oh my God, look at the picture there! There's the Earth appearing. Wow, it's so beautiful!" Bill Anders shouted at fellow astronaut Jim Lovell, quoted by detikINET from the BBC.  “That was a beautiful shot,” Lovell said as Anders clicked the button and captured what has become one of the world's most famous photos.  SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The image was named Earthrise, the first color photo of Earth taken from space and quickly circulated throughout the world. This photo is widely credited with encouraging the global environmental movement and the creation of Earth Day, an annual event