Tag: Why Mars?

NaPoWriMo Day 13

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I’m a huge fan of “Cosmos”, both the Nat Geo series with Neil Degrasse Tyson and the book by Carl Sagan. This poem is an ode to them and also to “The Mars Generation” and it’s founder Astronaut Abby.  Enjoy!

On Going to Mars

I walk across a dry, red plain,

Towards a distant hill.

My feet kick dust untrod ’til now,

Explorer’s greatest thrill.

 

The sun a dim and distant disc,

Seen through a reddish haze.

Upon this rock, so far from home,

Is where I’ll live my days.

 

They asked me why I’d want to go,

So far from all I know.

The answer is I’ve always known,

That I must someday go.

 

My soul was born to bear this dream,

To carry it afar.

I’ve carried it to Mars so far,

Some day, someone, some star.

 

You ask of us why would we go,

Truth is we cannot stay.

If we stay tied to just one place,

We’re bound to end one day.

 

But as we spread beyond the Earth,

Each falt’ring step we take,

Will buy our species one more chance,

A better world to make.

 

Cheers, Winston

NAPOWRIMO Day 17

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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