Mars has been flown by, orbited, smacked into, radar examined, and rocketed onto, as well as bounced upon, rolled over, shoveled, drilled into, baked and even blasted. Still to come: Mars being stepped on.
Mars is there, waiting to be reached.
If we can conquer space, we can conquer childhood hunger.
Exploration is wired into our brains. If we can see the horizon, we want to know what’s beyond.
When we set out to land people on the surface of Mars, I think we should as a nation, as a world, commit ourselves to supporting a growing settlement and colonization there. To visit a few times and then withdraw would be an unforgivable waste of resources.
Whenever I gaze up at the moon, I feel like I’m on a time machine. I am back to that precious pinpoint of time, standing on the foreboding – yet beautiful – Sea of Tranquility. I could see our shining blue planet Earth poised in the darkness of space.
Knowledge of the past and an optimistic view of the present give you great opportunities.
I was lucky enough to have been born on this planet earth, in this admirable country of the United States of America.