FakeNews terms the project “awe-inspiring”! Not just because it has miraculously remained an international secret for more than 27 years!  It’s at least “astonishing” because the project’s lofty goal is now a reality, which was to construct a series of twenty (20) adjoining Controlled Ecological Life-Support Systems, each capable of housing and or supporting yet to be selected “space-pioneer-families” of five (5) or less, indefinitely!

To the worlds immense surprise, it was confirmed yesterday by NASA that a bit more than 27 years ago, in early November of 1998, the US Congress and then President William “Bill” Clinton agreed to jointly fund 20% of an amazing Top Secret international space exploration and development project in conjunction with NASA’s Strategic Planning Council －the undertakings lead designer, planner, and project implementer.

The previously Top-Secret Space program’s participants include the Nations of Australia, in with 15% of costs; Canada, in with 20% of costs; Great Britain, in with 20% of costs; Israel, in with 10% of costs; New Zealand, in with 15% of costs; and the United States, in with 20% of costs.  

Reportedly, the entire project was the brainchild of the New Zealand Space Agency (NZSA).

Yet, former US Representative of Arkansas’s 3^rd Congressional district, now the newly appointed NASA Administrator, JB Bridenshine insisted again yesterday the idea was stolen from the current US President back in late 2001.

Problem is, the original agreement was released into the Public Domain only three (3) days ago, by none other than Mr. Bridenshine himself; it’s dated November 5, 1998.  A date that coincides with authentication statements issued by former US House Speaker “Newt” Gingrich, who resigned as Speaker of the House on November 6, 1998, and former US President Bill Clinton who served from 1993 to 2001 — Is FakeNews remotely surprised by Administrator Bridenshine’s unsubstantiated assertion? Amused, perhaps, but nope, it’s just a typical example of “Alternative Facts” better known as “Fake News”, that often casts a shadow over the current Administration!

Turns out, all those years of propaganda that flooded the state-controlled media in Russia citing 44 failed NASA attempts at unmanned Moon landings were actually not “Moon Shot” landing attempts at all.  But were each, in reality, an eleven (11) month long series of voyages destined for the upper atmosphere of the planet Venus ─ by way of the “dark side” of Earth’s Moon.  

For reasons that have only now become clear, throughout the entire Russian media assault, NASA practically refused to comment; except to say the US had sustained no losses! A claim, frankly, most of the world, including a small majority of Americans, simply did not believed.   

Though astonishing, the forty-four (44) missions were successfully completed.  Each of the delivered structures are designed to house and provide ample living space necessary for sustaining a typical family of five (5), utilizing traditional agricultural pursuits.

Sooo, why Venus? → There are enough similarities between Earth and Venus that many scientists consider the two to be nearly twin planets that just by happenstance evolved in totally different directions.  

In fact, Venus is often referred to as Earth’s sister planet because of similarities in size, mass, density and volume. It is believed that both planets share a common origin of forming at the same time; about 4.5 billion years ago.

Regardless, there are a few interesting dissimilarities worth mentioning between Venus and Earth.  For example, consider the direction of Venus’s rotation － the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east; the “spin cycle” of the planet rotates so slowly that a “day” on Venus is equal to 243 Earth days & nights (a bit more than 8 Earth months) but a Venusian year is just under 225 (224.7) Earth days & nights which means Venus circles the Sun a good bit quicker than Mother Earth!  

Yet, the surface of Venus is far too hot, and the atmosphere much too dense for life derived from Earth’s surface to survive. However, there is good news － near 31 miles above the dense surface of Venus, you might say, lies in “The Goldilocks Zone” and is still, after millions of years, very near the environment of Earth.   And, at that altitude, “Earth type air” that humans must breathe to survive is actually a lifting gas with about half the lifting power helium has here on planet Earth.

Sooo,  floating “Cloud Cities” upon the shoulders of Venus’ extremely heavy and thick atmosphere can be used as a colonizing platform!  You just have to think outside the proverbial box .

Just beyond the dense clouds there’s enough sunshine to provide solar power and the wind speed is a constant 9.5 miles per hour, making the environment just beyond perfect for industrial wind turbines that are needed for electrical power production. The temperature is rather warm but cool enough for liquid water to exist, and the gravity is about 90% of what’s experienced on Earth.

There’s enough carbon dioxide to facilitate plant growth which science has long know, in turn, yields breathable air and the environmental gases on Venus at that high altitude can support life as we know it, even though a little “help” was remotely provided by a team of Scientists to set things right.   

Such futuristic “help” projects were necessary because: With a carbon dioxide rich atmosphere, a pressure that’s nearly 92 times what we feel on Earth, and an average temperature that’s near 900° Fahrenheit, to say, “Venus does not have a welcoming environment on its surface” is a bit of an understatement.  In short, Venus is a planet of extremes with a hellish topside but with a tranquil upper atmosphere. Yes, a few physical characteristics are similar to Earth, but there are more differences than not.  

Regardless, to meet this end, or to provide the environmental “help” mentioned above, NASA and a trio of Israeli Scientist’s in a joint effort successfully unlocked the secret of combining the nitrogen and limited hydrogen in the upper atmosphere of Venus remotely. Hydrogen was gathered from nearby floating sulfuric acid droplets for creating the elements necessary to “kick start” the breathable air cycle that’s necessary for supporting humankind.