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NASA may focus on hard science, but it’s not averse to getting involved in a bit of science fiction. On Tuesday, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center shared its vision for future human space exploration, and it’s inspiring.
The Visions of the Future video shows an exotic vacation destination booked through the fictional Exoplanet Travel Bureau. “At least in the importance of rockets and satellites he was an explorer and an inspiration to travel,” said the Goddess of NASA.
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You may imagine standing on Mars and watching a rocket launch, but have you ever thought about floating on an elevated platform through the clouds of Venus, and parachuting onto an exoplanet that looks like Neptune? HD 40307 g Or watch two suns rise from the surface Kepler 16 b? NASA has.
This video was inspired by A series of travel posters commissioned by NASA To highlight destinations in space near and far, from Mars to the dwarf planet Ceres to exoplanets found in other solar systems. They are all real places, although we know more about some of them than others.
Stylish NASA poster depicting the future of space tourism (pictured)
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NASA Goddard also shared a brief behind-the-scenes look About how to make a video using a green screen.
We often see artistic conceptions of distant locations such as newly discovered exoplanets. This art doesn’t usually bring people into the equation, which is why NASA travel posters and videos are so captivating. Humans may not have crossed our moon yet, but we can imagine a future that is much more distant than that.
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