We’re in the quadruple digits, y’all, and we’re celebrating! But first we’ll dive into the news with an exciting development on Mars — how NASA’s Perseverance space rover is generating oxygen on the Red Planet. And a new climate change report card shows that we’ve averted the worst-case scenarios, but there’s still a long way to go. Plus, we’re marking this special episode with a new game of Would You Rather featuring a special (and beloved) guest!

Here’s everything we talked about:

- “Perseverance Mars rover wraps up MOXIE oxygen-making experiment” from Space

- “FAA Orders SpaceX to Take Dozens of Steps Before Future Starship Flights” from The Wall Street Journal

- “Africa proposes global carbon taxes to fight climate change” from BBC News

- “U.N. Report Card Shows World Is Far From Meeting Climate Goals” from The New York Times

Thank you to those who tuned in to the livestream. If you missed it, you can find it here. Let us know if you’ve got questions about the economy, business or technology. Leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART or email us at makemesmart@marketplace.org.

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Our 1,000th episode!