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Mar 22 2008, 06:47 PM
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Mar 23 2008, 11:39 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
That looks just beautiful AstroO... shame some idiot ruined that lovely picture by scribbling words all over it!
No, seriously, many thanks for inviting me to be a part of your fine tribute. As I say in the lines on there, future genarations of martians will surely look back on these days with great nostalgia and envy, in the same way that we look back at the days and journeys and explorations of Lewis and Clark, Shackleton, Darwin and others. I have absolutely - absolutely - no doubt that in centuries to come, when Mars is settled and colonised, proud parents will take their children on the "Spirit Trail Hike" up Husband Hill to stand with them on its rocky summit and stare down at the great plain of Gusev seeing exactly the same sunset you show on your poster, just as young honeymooning martian couples will walk hand in hand around the rim of Victoria Crater, bathed in the marmalade-golden light of a Meridiani dusk, ticking off the "Famous Opportunity Landmarks" on their tourist guide map. And all will wonder what it would have been like to be The First to see such amazing, beautiful, awe-inspiring places, not in person, not through the visors of helmets like theirs, but on computer screens, from many millions of miles away. And as they stand before Spirit and Opportunity, restored to their original glory by dedicated teams of volunteers from "Mars Heritage", martians will marvel at how the rovers defied all the odds, met and overcame every technical challenge thrown at them, laughed in Mars' face when the very planet itself tried to kill them by blocking out the Sun, and transformed Mars for countless millions of people, through their images and adventures, from a word into a world. -------------------- |
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