A Traveler's Guide to the Planets Episode 2 - Mercury & Venus

Today on Far Future horizons we will be continuing our ultimate grand tour of the entire solar system with the second installment of the marvelous documentary series titled “A Traveler's Guide to the Planets”.

Greeting From Mercury

Tour Mercury

The Universe - Mercury and Venus

Today on Far Future Horizons we set forth on an odyssey that will take us towards the heart of the solar system and visit the inferno worlds of Mercury and Venus.

Mercury as photographed by the Mariner 10 Space Probe

Scorched by their proximity to the sun, Mercury and Venus are hostile worlds; one gouged with craters from cosmic collisions and the other a vortex of sulphur, carbon dioxide and acid rain.

Venus as photographed by the Mariner 10 Space Probe

Prime examples of planets gone awry, do they serve as a warning for ominous scenarios that might someday threaten Earth?

Exodus Earth ~ Mercury

Today on Far Future Horizons we join physicist Dr. Basil Singer in exploring the possibility of establishing a human outpost on Mercury, the most extreme planet in the solar system.