After this recent free fall experiment with Felix Baumgartner, people are asking 'whats next?'
This article briefly talks about the jump from the edge of space performed by Felix, and then goes into whats next. They sent out the question to the readers, and the answers shown in this article are:
Journey to the center of the Earth
Walk on Mars
Individual atmosphere re-entry
Politicians cooperate
These were the four answers that CNN is looking at. Lets talk about the first...
Journey to the center of the Earth: This is a huge task. There was a film made a few years ago named The Core, and it told the story of how the core of the Earth stopped spinning and a team of people had to go down to the core and fix it. Obviously its a large dramatization, but its an interesting idea nonetheless. There is a new plan with $1 billion backing it, that plans to drill 3.7 miles beneath the sea floor. Its a large task,but also a very interesting one.
The second idea was to walk on Mars: This has been on a lot of people's minds for quite a while, probably since the first man walked on the moon in 1969. The red planet has been the next big landing on everyone's mind, since its the nearest planet to us, and the most habitable. A very cool idea, which is being planned by NASA, and has a bright future.
The third idea was Individual atmosphere re-entry: This is an interesting idea as well, and the jump with Felix was a huge step toward this goal. They need to build a suit that could withstand the pressure and the heat of re-entry, which is quite a feat. As we saw with Felix, he broke the sound barrier, which shows just how fast he was going. Imagine the same fall, except you start higher, much higher. An interesting idea, which we are one step closer to.
The final idea, to have politicians cooperate: When I saw this on the list I couldn't help but chuckle a bit. It is funny to see something like this on this, but when you think about it, it would be quite a feat. While not a major stunt or spectacle, it would be amazing nonetheless. Politicians are usually at each other's throat and making bad publicity for each other, it would be interesting, and probably extremely productive to have politicians work together on a common goal.
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