We can reach Mars within eight years, and we should. In doing so, we will make it clear to the world, and to ourselves, that we are a people whose can-do spirit can defy any limit, that we are living at the beginning of our history, not at its end, and that henceforth, our greatest deeds will continue to be celebrated in newspapers and not just in museums. We can not only beat the current recession, but soar far beyond it, into a wide-open future truly worthy of the promise that is America.
Mars Society’s Robert Zubrin on integrating a human trip to Mars into the economic stimulus package.
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Mars Society’s Robert Zubrin on integrating a human trip to Mars into the economic stimulus package.