Un aller simple pour Mars
Alors que la NASA ne compte pas lancer de programmes de colonisation de Mars avant 2030, Mars One se positionne aujourd’hui en première place pour ce projet. Évidemment, ce sont les innombrables défis techniques qui en ont rebuté plus d’un, alors comment Mars One, société à but non lucratif, pourrait prétendre en triompher? La réponse est simple : il n’y aura pas de voyage retour pour les cosmonautes.
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Former U of O student looks to finance Canadian road trip doc
- Kyle Darbyson — The Fulcrum (University of Ottawa)
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What does it mean to be truly Canadian? In 2012, University of Ottawa graduate and independent artist Adele Reeves decided to take a road trip across the country in hopes of discovering just that. Reeves and her husband Leandro Vilaca are now working to turn their search for national identity into a full-blown documentary entitled More Than Maple Syrup.
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THUMBS UP!
“Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose,” Janis Joplin crooned in the iconic “Me and Bobby McGee,” a romantic portrait of hitchhiking in the groovy ‘60s. The image of a lone vagabond walking along the side of the highway with an outstretched arm and a thumb stuck out may seem like a faded lifestyle near extinction, but the art of hitchhiking continues to thrive in B.C. Hitchhiking outposts are sprinkled throughout places like the Gulf Islands and Sunshine Coast where the dark reputation of hitchhiking is overshadowed by the practicality of ride sharing.
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