We have just watched a TV news report about three missions currently en route to Mars. See one
here. It seems to have been established that Mars had liquid water, therefore could have had life. What would Poul Anderson have said? He thought that a space program was crucial. But sf fans might add that it all seems primitive compared with what we would have expected by now. Unmanned probes happened decades ago. Sf writers projected Lunar and Martian bases or colonies by the early twenty first century. Maybe we are going somewhere. We need
both to protect this planet
and to get off it.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I wish so very MUCH humans already had bases and colonies on Mars NOW! Preferably, decades ago. And Anderson was absolutely right to believe a REAL space program is crucial for mankind if we are going to escape the grim fate seen in "Murphy's Hall."
Ditto, what you said about protecting Earth and getting OFF it!
Ad astra! Sean
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