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1917 - Ilya Prigogine, Russian scientist and Nobel Prize laureate
1949 - Paul Nurse, English biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate
Deaths
1957 - Kiyoshi Shiga, Japanese physician and bacteriologist
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I think this is something that is going to go down as very significant in the history books! I don't know if it will happen in my lifetime but I bet we will end up going there and hanging out a while, maybe permanent colonies!
I saw the first man land on the moon as a teenager. The technology to invent and the obstacles to overcome were enormous! It's the same for Mars, but knowledge and computer speed has been increasing exponentially, and man's desire to discover certainly is as alive and well as it was for those first moon steps!
Thanks and have a great weekend!
Dave Briggs :~)