Now You Know...

 ... why planet Venus is in such horrible conditions. 

The stars above and on Earth aligned as an inspirational message and lyrics from the song “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” by hip-hop artist Missy Elliott were beamed to Venus via NASA’s DSN (Deep Space Network). The agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California sent the transmission at 10:05 a.m. PDT on Friday, July 12. As the largest and most sensitive telecommunication service of NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program, DSN has an array of giant radio antennas that allow missions to track, send commands, and receive scientific data from spacecraft venturing to the Moon and beyond. To date, the system has transmitted only one other song into space, making the transmission of Elliott’s song a first for hip-hop and NASA.

In related news, Starliner and two astronauts are still stuck in space. How about NASA instead of gimmicks tries to do something about this slowly unfolding disaster. Like offering a ride... ah, wait. I see. It is slowly coming to this, so what's the plan? Will somebody call Moscow? Not that it guarantees anything but it is better than abuse of already uninhabitable Venus.