Mostly I think Mars takes on a butterscotch hue, a touch of orangish rust floating on a background of ebony satin.
The fourth rock from the Sun has been rising earlier and earlier, making it a wonderful sight early at night.T here is was, rising in the East a couple nights ago them setting in the West when I went out early to get the paper the next morning.
Will humans ever get to Mars? Will I live long enough to see it happen?
There are so many obstacles to human presence on Mars. From political and economic here at home, to a lethal environment in the deep reaches of interplanetary space, we humans have quite a challenge facing us.
I rather hoped and believed we would have permanent outposts on the Moon by 2001, just the way Stanley Kubrick presented it back in the 60's. We haven't done too bad, though.
Our robotic explorers have visited many corners of our solar system and peered into far distances of the universe. We are receiving great pictures and wonderful clues from Mars from the rovers Spirit and Opportunity.
But the human presence is missing and that saddens me.
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