It will look for signs of past life on Mars and also collect and store samples of rock and soil from that planet. More seriously, the NASA Mars 2020 mission may answer the question of whether human beings can live on Mars. The 2020’s may very well be the decade when we definitively answer the question of whether the Martians are all alive and kicking and ready to take over Earth.

We will find out whether Mars can sustain human life What should we look forward to and how should we best start off the 2020’s? Will it be one where we can all breathe a little freer and easier? Led by new-age streaming websites like Twitch, video game live streaming became a thing from around the middle of the decade.Īnd, regardless of the surge in popularity of Fortnite, Minecraft remained the top video game of all time.Īt the workplace, freelance work and the gig economy became increasingly important. We worked hard (some may still be working at it) to overcome the aftermath of the Great Recession of the previous decade. The decade whose last few moments are slipping by even as I write this was marked by great upheaval. With so many tumultuous events having rocked the outgoing decade, not to mention the far too many exits from the world stage - including leading lights like George Bush, Sr, Nelson Mandela and Doris Day - this is an opportune moment to reflect on the decade gone by and prepare for the one ahead.

Happy New Year, 202.wait, scratch that.īut it’s also the start of a new decade, the third one of the 21st century.

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