The message from Mars

Posted by tourdemars to Mars Society at October 29, 2002 12:00 PM

The astronaut stepped onto the red soil of Mars, scanned the horizon for a moment, then looked up through the thin atmosphere, searching for a pale blue dot in the heavens above. “I feel as if I have traveled a very long way, though looking to the stars, I can see that I have not yet left home,” the astronaut said, knowing that the words would echo into history when they reached Earth 11 minutes later. ...