The Path to Mars

Boeing is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft and satellites. Actually, this company is working in a project to send people to Mars by 2030 approximately.

Michael Raftery shows us, how will be the first trip to Mars. He explains that two of the six pieces needed for Mars travel are in production now.

Boeing is the prime contractor for the design, development, test and production of the SLS rocket, which is one of this two pieces that are in production now.

The other piece is Orion capsule that is currently under development by NASA.

The next piece that will be needed is a system to get into a deep space. It will be a great spaceship that will transport Orion and the rest to Mars. This space transportation system will be driven by huge solar panels

The last two parts needed for the travel are a lander module and a heat shield that prevents the entry capsule from burning up in the atmosphere of Mars.

There is no doubt that landing on Mars is essential to ensure the survival of our species. According to Nasa Administrator Charles Bolden "Getting to Mars is important because it is the only planet in the solar system [other than Earth] that we believe might have born life in some form at some time" but it is true that to get this achievement a lot of investment is needed, so we should invest as much as needed to reach the travel to Mars.

Turkey in Transition: The Path to High Income

We still have to learn a lot from other countries. Spain should start to develop.

The World Bank

The World Bank Group has set two goals for the world to achieve by 2030:

• End extreme poverty by decreasing the percentage of people living on less than $1.25 a day to no more than 3%
• Promote shared prosperity by fostering the income growth of the bottom 40% for every country

The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. We are not a bank in the ordinary sense but a unique partnership to reduce poverty and support development. The World Bank Group comprises five institutions managed by their member countries.

Reconstruction remains an important part of our work. However, at today's World Bank, poverty reduction through an inclusive and sustainable globalization remains the overarching goal of our work.

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