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Look Out The Window, There's A Great Earth Out Tonight
It is interesting these days that while there are so many problems on Earth, people are talking about building space station hotels and putting together scientific excursions to Earth's red sister. What is even more interesting is that Muslim philosophers such as Ibn Sina (Avicenna) and the Ikhwan al-Safa (the Brethren of Purity) wrote about trips to Mars, albeit symbolically, more than 8 centuries ago. Nevertheless, the dreamy haze is lifting and for better or for worse, the successes and foibles of free trade are impacting scientific research. We may be on Mars and holding receptions in space stations sooner than we think in a way that even minds like the Ikhwan al-Safa or Ibn Sina could not have imagined.
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