V: A Visit from Venus

V: A Visit from Venus

April 26,  2022

Dear NASA and other Worldwide Governmental Space Agencies,

There are many theories about people from outer space. Are they real or are they only fictional, figments of some creative imaginations? I consider myself far from fictional; I am real, I exist, despite the fact that I do come from another world. It’s time to revise your thoughts.

If you earthlings had spent as much time exploring their closest planet in the solar system, the one named after their goddess of love, rather than that funky red one named after a god of war, they might have realized not only that we do exist, but that we’re the better of the two. I mean, you claim you want to “Make love, not war” but you are always focused on war. 

Yes, I will agree that our planet seems much less adaptable to human existence. Mean temperatures of 900º F are a little off-putting, but the -81º F on Mars is no picnic either. Our planet is closer to the sun than Earth so we can generate a lot more solar energy than Earth or Mars can. No fossil fuels here. You should look at an atmosphere of mostly carbon dioxide as a plus. What you don’t realize is the abundance of plants that we can grow there. Remember, plants need carbon dioxide to produce food and oxygen. Though we spend most of our time underground, our gardens and fields are a vegetarian paradise. 

It is said that our planet rotates retrograde (backward) compared to all the others. Did you ever think that maybe we’re the ones that got it right and all the other planets are actually rotating backward? Ours is unique. Who really cares which way you rotate? Our year is only 225 earth days long; meaning we can live to a much older age than the people on earth in the same period of time. Most of you spend ? of your day at work. Our workday is an infinitesimal part of our day compared to yours. Granted, our day (243 earth days) is longer than not only your day but our year; but who’s counting. When we get days off, trust me, it lasts a long time and is certainly worth it.

My exothermic skin was created for me to make it possible to survive on your planet. It would also help you survive on Venus should we choose to share our technology with you. 

I’ve been here on earth for 71 of your Earth years, just observing and reporting back to Venus with my opinion as to whether it is worth officially contacting you, rather than waiting for you to contact us.  You should be aware, that it’s not looking good for that collaboration. There are plenty more of us Venusian observers here on Earth that concur. Your planet really doesn’t learn from its own history. You still have wars; you still can’t agree to work together to live in peace and harmony; you can’t even come together and try to help each other when people are sick and dying. Besides, I believe you are actually trying to make your planet like Mars the way you are squandering resources and don’t do much to save your environment as one world. On Venus, maintaining our environment is a high priority. You might want to start listening to some of those kids that live here.

You’ve got a long way to go and time is running out if you truly want to go where no one has gone before – in a positive direction. 

It really is up to you. If that concept seems alien to you then I wish you good luck with your future. I’ll still be here. Maybe the next inhabitants of Earth will be different. 

                                      With much concern,

                                                                                            Name withheld for safety reasons