Yes, I Am The Last Man To

We Went Into Darkness After Being In Daylight The Whole Time On The Way To The Moon. And Then We Went Into Darkness. And We're In The Shadow... Of The Moon.

Some Astronauts Describe The Routine Flushing Of Urine Into Space, Where The Freezing Temperatures Turn The Droplets Into A Cloud Of Bright, Drifting Crystals, As Being Among The Most Amazing Sights They Saw On An Entire Voyage.

Chemical Propulsion Is Obsolete To Go Anywhere Other Than The Moon. Three Days - That's Acceptable. But For Mars, We Need Propulsion Technologies To Get Us There In, Say, 60 Days - Then Spend Whatever Length Of Time We Want To Spend And Return When We Want To Come Home.

I Was A Child Of World War Two . I Saw Films Of Pilots Taking Off From Aircraft Carriers And Decided That Was The Only Thing I Wanted To Do. And It Had To Be Flying From Sea Carriers. Airfields Were Not Enough.

Am I Willing To Go To Mars? Yes, But I'm Not Willing To Spend Nine Months Getting There, Then Wait 18 More Months Until The Planets Align To Come Home.