{"id":39068,"date":"2023-10-07T09:22:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T09:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miamiheatnation.com\/?p=39068"},"modified":"2023-10-07T09:22:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T09:22:18","slug":"nuke-scientist-backs-stars-moon-peace-plan-to-save-world-from-china-aggression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miamiheatnation.com\/world-news\/nuke-scientist-backs-stars-moon-peace-plan-to-save-world-from-china-aggression\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuke scientist backs Star’s Moon peace plan to save world from China aggression"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nuclear scientist Dr Tim Gregory has backed the Daily Star\u2019s attempt to save the world from a superpowers stand-off by buying an acre of the moon in the Sea of Tranquillity.<\/p>\n

Last month your favourite newspaper splashed out on a celestial strip to stop America and China kicking off over ownership as the two countries plan missions to land on the Earth\u2019s nearest neighbour. This week, Elon Musk predicted his SpaceX mission to Mars would land there within \u201cthree to four years\u201d.<\/p>\n

And Dr Gregory has further out-of-this-world news for space fans \u2013 he reckons life on Mars will become a reality for humans in the not-too-distant future. He reveals: \u201cThere\u2019s no reason the moon can\u2019t become like Antarctica \u2013 space should be like that. Elon Musk popularised the idea of settling on the surface of Mars and I would be shocked if we don\u2019t see young people hopping on Mars in my lifetime.\u201d <\/p>\n

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It\u2019s currently World Space Week, celebrating all things outside Earth.<\/p>\n

And Dr Gregory insists not believing dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid is more wacky than the idea of humans inhabiting the Red Planet. <\/p>\n

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The scientist adds: \u201cThere are some people who don\u2019t believe dinosaurs were real, like all the village idiots who make a town square. We can read and interpret the layers of the Earth\u2019s surface like a book to unpick history. Asteroids are famously the bringers of death.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr Gregory will be appearing at New Scientist Live today for a talk about what studying meteorites can tell us about the history of the solar system. It comes as samples from nearby asteroid Bennu were recently returned by Nasa\u2019s OSIRIS-Rex mission. <\/p>\n

There is a one-in-3,000 chance of the space rock smashing into us in the second half of the 22nd century and a poll by New Scientist found 22% of people worry about an asteroid hitting the Earth or the planet being swallowed by a black hole.<\/p>\n

In his book Meteorite: How Stones From Outer Space Made Our World, Dr Gregory writes how he expects the Bennu findings to make an impact. He says: \u201cThe samples might have something to tell us about the origin of Earth because they\u2019re so rich in carbon-based chemistry, as life is.<\/p>\n

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