A Case For Mars

A rocketship out to the stars,
Starts with a shorter trip.
A trip to Mars to learn and build,
A bigger, better ship.

To get to Mars we’ve much to learn,
To get there and survive.
To build the things we need to live,
And more, succeed and thrive.

For Mars will never be our home,
It’s just a stepping stone.
And yet it is a crucial step,
To make the stars our own.

No cities there a million strong,
No lakes ‘neath open skies.
It’s fac’tries making spaceship parts,
From asteroid supplies.

The asteroid belt has all we need,
To build our next step ship.
And building there on smaller Mars,
Reduces grav’ty’s grip.

So when they question and they will,
Why fund this from the start?
You’ll say that Mars is not the dream,
Just a first, tiny part.

Cheers, Winston