Since I was a young child Mars held a special fascination for me. It was so close and yet so faraway. I have never doubted that it once had advanced life and still has remnants of that life now. I am a dedicated member of the Mars Society,Norcal Mars Society National Space Society, Planetary Society, And the SETI Institute. I am a supporter of Explore Mars, Inc. I'm a great admirer of Elon Musk and SpaceX. I have a strong feeling that Space X will send a human to Mars first.
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Humans Landed On Mars In 1994???
I'm enjoying two episodes of the Apple TV series "For All Mankind." It is produced by the same team that produced the revival of "Battlestar Galactica" and "Outlander." Here is an IMDB link for those who are curious:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7772588/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1
It is an alternate history story. The Soviets
land a cosmonaut on the moon before Apollo 11 does it. Then a whole new history
unfolds. We are now 25 years since the 1969 moon landings (1994). Humans have
landed on Mars-Soviets (In this alternate history the Soviet Union does not
collapse.) and the US astronauts are in one spacecraft and a private space
company in another spacecraft. Now there is a struggle to get a viable colony
going. The big challenges include finding water to survive (ice below the
planet's surface) and people from different cultures learning to coexist in a
challenging new environment. There is a garden in the Mars habitat. It reminds
me of our garden in the backyard which has potatoes, peppers, lettuce,
pumpkins, and lemons (hopefully). The show is well done! It is worth the
investment of $4.95 a month US to subscribe to Apple television.
Many people raise the argument that we
have too many problems here on earth. We should not spend money to explore
space. I have an answer that is simply that major countries spend less than 1%
of their budgets on space exploration. Sadly, a big part of many countries'
budgets is military spending.