Greta Thunberg s Org Releases Mars Tourism Ad for Ultra-Wealthy 1% as NASA Rover Heads to Planet
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On Thursday, NASA’s Perseverance rover is expected to touch down on the dusty Red Planet after a seven-month trip. If the landing is successful, the robot will join a Chinese craft and a UAE orbiter in searching for traces of life on the planet. Enthusiasts hope that one day humans will also be able to step on Mars.
Fridays for Future, a campaign founded by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, has published an ironic “propaganda” clip advertising Mars as a great place for humans to start over – albeit aimed at only the “ultra-wealthy” top 1% of them.
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Date: 27 May 2021
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