"Marsis justa tinydotinthesky." "Fortymillionmilesaway." "Nothinglivesthere." "Nothinghaseverdiedthere," "butI 'mgoing tobringit to life." "Fourteenhoursandcounting." "Captain." "Good luck, sir." "Skinny." "Hey, excited?" "Of course, you?" "You bet your ass I am." "Performa.P.U.Start." "Sixbillionpeopleonearth cheeringmeon , butmostof them wonderingwhyI'ddothis ." "Commencinglaunchsequence." "O.S.M.Permitto close." "O.S.Mclosed." "Whyleave thislifebehindtodie onsomebarrenplanet?" " Vent one heater exit." " Exit." "S.S.C." "BecauseI knowit  won'tbebarrenfor long." " G.L.S. On." " G.L.S. Is on." "Finalpoll." "Houstonflight?" "Houstonflightis go ." " Fido?" " Fido is go." " Gpo?" " Gpo is go." " Stm?" " Stm is go." " Spe?" " Go." "Cdr?" "Commander is go." "Wearego forlaunch." "T-minusten,nine,eight..." "Thisisa one-waymission,butI'm  notgoingtheretodie." "I'mgoingto Marstolive ." "This is captain William d." "Stanaforth here aboard the good ship  Zephyr." "We are go for Mars." "Rogerthat,captain." " Gravitational spin is on." " Copy that." "Requesting permission to kick off my shoes for the rest of the ride." "Roger,captain, youhavepermission." "Lights,on." "Welcome tospace,captain." "Youhearthat?" "That'sthecrowd outintheparking lotherein Houston." "We'reallthrilled." "Thatsaid,we 'dliketostart runningdiagnostics onsomeof thelifesupport systemswecan'tmonitor." "Copythatstanaforth?" "Yeah." "Startingwiththe essentials,let'srun atestof theair circulation andthewaterreactor." "Yeah, give me a minute, skinny." "Hello, little guys." "Howlifeon  earthstartedis amystery," "butsustainingit  isanengineeringproblem." "Onemeterof steel andinsulationseparate mefromnothingness." "Icanfeelthe pull oftheship'srotation." "Myfeetareheavy, myheadis light." "Thismassivemachine, sotinyin thevoidofspace , powerfulbutfragile." "It'sunnerving,butIlove it." "Hello,captain?" "It'stimeforyourfirst weeklystudentinterface." "Areyoureadyfor the uplink?" "Kind of busy here." "Stanaforth, takea break." "P.R. Isimportant,too." "Plusa little humaninteraction coulddoyougood." "Goodmorning captainstanaforth, I'mMrs.Wilson, andI 'mgoing tobemonitoring thestudentqand a fortheAmericanyouth inscienceprogram." "Ourfirstquestioncomes fromSamanthahopps." "Hi,myquestionis,  ifyoumakeittoMars,  howwillyoubeable  tosurvivetheharshclimate?" "When I get to Mars, we've already sent up a lot of materials, fuel, food." "But one of the big challenges was water." "They just can't send up enough." "That's why I had been working on this reactor." "Wow,you madethat?" "Whatdoesitdo ?" "It's very similar to the fuel cells on the ship." "Like an electric car, the product is power, and the byproduct is drinking water." "Only mine runs on dirt." "Dirt?" "I invented a process to extract the hydrogen and the oxygen from the soil, and recombine them, which makes h20." "No one thought it would work, so I went out to the atacama desert alone, with no water, and only one way to survive." "To make that reactor work." "Dayone,I'm makinglittleadjustments." "Mythroatis parched." "Day two, I'm still working, but without water I'm getting light-headed." "I could have radioed in for a rescue, but I thought I could fix it." "Bydaythree,I'm  doinga fullreset." "And in that instant, I knew that this could work on Mars." "With this step, I leave the earth moving to a barren new planet." "Hmm." "With this step, i leave the earth moving to a pristine new planet." "I'm leaving earth forever, but I will not be alone." "Iamleavingearth butbringinghumanitywithme." "Bringingyouwithme." "Mankind has transcended." "Mankind has achieved new heights... come on." "I have come to another planet seeking a new start, a fresh start, a new start." "Take me to your leader." "HoustontoZephyr." "It's0800hours." "Timetogo to work." "What's the weather like at Mars base camp right now?" "You'vegotahighofabout  minus10degreeswithsome  icecloudsmovingin,  andthenit 'sgoing todropdowntoabout minus80tonight." "Ice clouds?" "Yeah." "And in Houston?" "Hotandhumid." "Hurricaneweatherbuddy." "Myfamily,we 'dbe  flyingondayslikethis ." "Yeah well, that is crazy." "Mostpeopleon earth thinkwhatyou're doing'sprettycrazy." "It's a calculated risk." "Don'tyouhaveany worries thatsomethingmightgowrong?" "Of course I'm worried, but I only focus on things I control." "Liketheweather?" "Someday." "Yeah!" "Stanaforth!" "You okay?" "I had to test it out." "It worked." "They're going to give us the mission." "Whoa, I don't know that we're ready for the mission, stanaforth." "I know." "Over the next five years we could get 1,000 people up there." "That planet is calling for us." "Ship computer civilianinterviews,edited." "I'mapplyingforthe  secondMarsmissionbecause" "Iwantto do something greatforhumanity." "Earthhasso manyproblems." "Inequality,war, naturaldisasters, man-madedisasters." "Ijustdon'tthinkit's a goodplaceto liveanymore." "There'ssomuchI loveaboutearththat wewon'thaveonMars ." "Oceansandforests, animals,insects,rain." "It'sgoingto be  reallyhardto leave, butI 'llgiveit  allupto experience somethingtotallyunique." "Iknowtherewill bejustafew ofusbut, thiswillbe the mostamazingpeople onearth,or on Mars." "Themostamazing peopleintheuniverse." "Captainstanaforth islikeasuperhero." "Idon'twanttobealone , butI thinkthatbeingalone, beingoneof onlyadozen ora fewhundredpeople onanentireplanet." "There'sa sortof  melancholytothat,which couldbereallybeautiful." "Supplydepotcomingup." "Laststopforfoodandfuel forthenext20millionmiles ." "Captain?" "Earthtostanaforth." "Stanaforth?" "Yeah." "Hey, Ithoughtwe lostyou ." "I wish you could." "Carefulnow." "We 're approachingthespacestation." "Becauseoftheinitiallaunch delays,youwon'thave alotof timeupthere toloadsupplies." "Ah, come on skinny, these are the last people I'm going to see for a long time." "Hey." "Fruits from the  Zephyr." "Ah!" "Mmm!" "You know I haven't had anything this tasty in four months." "Your garden didn't take?" "No, dead in two weeks." "So far so good in mine, but we'll see." "Endurance,  this is Houston." "Readypayloadnumbertwo ." "Fuck, can we even say hi here?" "Ohyeah,sorry." "Higreenstreet,howyadoing?" "Sorryyou'restill stuckupthere,buddy." "Becauseoftheinitiallaunch delays,thenewdeparture timeisin eighthours." "Might as well keep my suit on." "Where's the captain?" "Hey worsley, captain stanaforth is here." "Can you come and say hi?" "Hey worsley, how ya doing?" "Hey, worsley." "What's going on?" "You have plants." "Yeah." "For experiments." "You hungry?" "We had mice." "We were doing socialization experiments on the mice, to see how they would interact in the air lock." "Have you ever seen a mouse in zero gravity?" "They all died." "Oh." "Geez, I'm sorry." "We thought, maybe they would form different habits, or become depressed or even kill each other, but they didn't." "They just died." "No, I didn't mean to, uh..." "No, no, no I'm just playing a song for my daughter back home." "I'm surprised mission control gives you the time." "Uh, we have a lot of time." "Nothing but time." "It must be hard being away from your daughter so long." "Abort your mission." " Excuse me?" " You heard me." "Take all your fancy machines and go back where you came from." "I'm sorry, what the fuck are you talking about?" "I'm just fucking with you." "But seriously, I..." "You know I came up here all cowboy like you." "Seeking adventure and all that, but I'm going back." "I'm bringing this experience back with me." "I..." "I don't get you." "I don't wanna go back." "I've seen enough." "How could you possibly have seen enough?" "I mean look at that." "I have tears every time the sun rises." "Yeah, it's beautiful." "You've only been up, what three weeks?" "You haven't forgotten yet." "Once you forget..." "I don't intend to forget, but when you're down there everything just gets ruined." "Ah, you callous fuck, you think you know everything." " You think that..." " Endurance, we'vegotalivefeed  ofcaptainMaddox's launchforyou." "Roger capcom, I'm eager to see it." "Cdoct." "T-minus10 nine,eight..." " Reconfigure heaters." " ..." "Seven six,five,four three," " two, one." "And ignition." " Okay, odccdr" " you are reaching frequency." " And liftoff." "Odccopy." "Fivethousand metersatmach1." "Pressure60%." "L.V.L.H.Go." "Startrollprogram." "Pitchisprograming." "Rollcomplete." "Twentythousandandmach2." "Maxpressure." "Reducethrust." "ThisiscaptainEmilyMaddox aboardtheboreas." "OnmywaytoMars ." "Hearingtherefrom captainEmilyMaddox aboardtheboreas assheleaves earth'satmosphere, justthreeweeks'behind captainWilliamstanaforth travelingontheZephyr." "Thesetwoastronauts havespentthelastfive years trainingforthis nine-monthjourney tobecome thefirstandsecond humanbeingson Mars andthe foundingcitizensof ..." "You don't know, stanaforth." "Don't go out there thinking you do." "Spacestation departurecomplete." "Hi,captainstanaforth." "Whatisit like tolookbackatearth whenyou'refurtheraway thananyhumanbeing haseverbeen?" "It'samazing." "Whenyouhave thislevelof distance, there'sa strangeintimacy." "WhenI watched earthdisappear," "I did remember this one night." "My wife Casey, now ex-wife, she was receiving the melville prize from some literary society." "This black-tie thing, and she's..." "Talking to these other writers, brilliant people and uh..." "Andtheywerepouring theirheartsout." "Itwas..." "Overwhelming." "So I snuck out." "I didn't even take my coat." "I get out on the street, i have no idea where I am, and it's freezing cold, but the streets are jammed with people, it's like I'm taking on a current." "I just started walking." "ButI don'tfeelcoldatall." "And uh..." "I turn a corner, and just then down at the end of the street, above the river," "the moon comes up." "And it's huge." "Lighting up the street." "It feels like I..." "I just wanna walk right onto it." "But I freeze." "No one else seems to notice." "And in that moment," "I felt..." "Completely alone." "Iwalkedbacktothedinner, andI stoodoutside andI couldseeall these..." "Peoplecelebrating." "IsawCasey, shewasglowing." "AndI knewIshould beintherewithher." "ButI stoodoutside andnowI'mshivering." "AndI just,couldn'tgoin." "Itwaslikethis,this ..." "Loneliness..." "This feeling of being..." "Completely alone was inside of me." "And if I brought that in..." "Um..." "I just shouldn't bring it in." "Minorproblem onthereactor, butit'smy jobtofixit." "I'mgladto have littlechallenges tobreakup my routine." "Theshipis going 160,000milesperhour, butI can'ttellI'm moving." "Thesuncomesthrough thewindowonceaweek , andeverythingrepeats." "Atfirst,thatfeltnormal." "Theshipis gettingfilthy." "It'sfascinatingto witness howmuchmattercan be generatedbyplantdecay andmyownskin." "Greenstreet andworsleyhavelosthope ." "Ithinkthat'sbecause theirexperimentsfailed." "Theirfamilies arewaitingforthem." "Thatsenseof  disappointmentandlonging cangetin theway  ofa missionlikemine." ""The impossible..."" "Thestruggleto survive hasproven..." "Uh...thestruggle ofthisjourney hastakenus further..." "And..." "Onestepfurther..." "For mankind..." "One step further..." "CallingMaddox." "I just had a dream I was falling." "Ironic, don't you think?" "That'snotadream." "Youarefalling." "You have any dreams like that?" "It'slate,stanaforth." "Yeah, okay." "You're right, I'm sorry." "Heyunclebill, happybirthday." "Iwishyouhappybirthday." "Allright, happybirthday,bill." "Shesayshappybirthday." "Happybirthday." "Loveyou." "Bye." "Muchogusto." "MellamoPatty." "Muchogusto." "MellamoPatty." "Whereareyou fromPatty?" "I'mfromméxico, andyou?" "Whereareyoufrom?" "Soydeméxico,?" "Ytú?" "Soydeearth," "Iamfrom CostaRica." "Yosoyde CostaRica." "Marte." "VoyElmarte." "Soydemarte." "Call Maddox." "I guess we're on our own out here." "Houston," "I seem to have lost the signal." "Houston?" "Houston?" "Skinny, do I have a signal?" "What the fuck?" "Houston, do you read me?" "This is captain stanaforth aboard the  Zephyr." "I appear to have lost the signal." "Houston, this is captain stanaforth aboard the  Zephyr." "Do you read me?" "I appear to have lost the signal." "Hello?" "Hello, hello!" "Fuck!" "Anyone?" "Skinny, come on." "Can anyone hear me?" "Stanaforth,what'sgoingon?" "Skinny, where the fuck have you been?" "Iseverythingokay?" "Whathappened?" "I just, uh, I tried to reach Maddox, and then you, and..." "No one responded." "Look,weneedyou  togoradiosilentfora bit  whilewedeal withthesituation withMaddox." "Okay." "Wait, wait." "What's going on with Maddox?" "Sittight." "Skinny?" "Call Maddox." "CallingMaddox." "Maddox, this is stanaforth." "Do you copy?" "Whatareyouafter?" "Always pleasant to hear from you too, captain." "I just nearly lost it missing you." "I'moffcourse." "What?" "Maddox,whenwas thelasttimeyou performed maintenanceonyourgyros?" "Oh,no,no ." "You'realways tryingtopinthisshit onme ." "Whydidn'tyour softwaredetecttheissue?" "I'mnottrying topinanythingonyou." "We'vebeenrunning diagnosticsdownhere andwethinkamalfunction withyourgyroscope iswhat'scausingthe issue." "Houston, I can fix her gyroscopes." "Standdowncaptain." "Houston'staking careoftheissue." "And the whole time she's veering further and further off course." "Justletus  dealwithit ,okay?" "Skinny, I know this ship from top to bottom, better than anyone." "Now listen to me Maddox, you've got something wrong," "I probably do, too." "Skinny,he'sright." "Youworkon yoursoftware, we'lltrythis." "Get into the equipment bay, 0-8-2." "Disable your gyros." "0-8-2,copy." "Any condensation on the sensors?" "Idon'tseeany ." "Wipe it down anyway and restart." "Bothofyou listentome ." "Wecanhandle thisfromdownhere." "Did it start?" "No,butI'mseeing thatmyport hasa crackin it ." "Mine looks fine." "That must be your problem." "Sowhat'snext?" "Okay, here's what we're gonna do." "Go to your bunk monitor." "Pull off the e103 cable." "Copythat." "Get a connector from the mid-deck junction box." "Gotit." "Youcan'tjuststartpulling cablesoutof thewall withoutaskingpermission fromengineering." "The engineers will be glad there are real people here now." "I'm cleaning up their mess." "Stopallright!" "Now screw in the four-pin." "Flip it on." "Itworked." "Fantastic." "Holyshit." "I'mstartingto get goodreadings fromdownhere,too ." "Thanks,captain." "Hopefully,we'llend upinthesameplace." "I'veclimbed almosteverymajormountain onearth." "I'vedeep-seadived, I'veparaglided." "Nothingcouldever touchsomething likegoingto Mars." "Asanengineer, I'mexcitedforthe technical challengesofthemission." "Iknowthatwithpeople allaroundtheworldpushing mankindtogettoMars , wearegoingtodiscover thingswecan't evendreamof now." "Greatscience willcomefromthismission..." "Butevengreater inspirationwillcome fromthesimplegesture ofgettingthere." "...this discoveryhasnowbeen confirmedwithnewdata, andseemsto be correct." "Thecosmicexpansion thathubblediscovered, isnowmodulated byanaccelerationterm." "Itsexpansionis  everfasterwithtime, andinthatscenario, theuniverseends ina catastrophiccrescendo wherespace-time onthelargestscale isrippedapart, andthenwithin averyshorttime, maybeminutesor hours," "matteritself isrippedapart." "Theatomsof theuniverse, allofthem..." "Grass." ""Fresh-cut grass."" "Ugh." "Spaceisleaking intotheship." "Uh, Houston?" "You won't be able to see this right now, but I've got a solar flare coming through." "The particles are passing through my eyes." "Two-thirds approximately, that's..." "Ifuckedup ." "Ishort-circuitedthebattery, whichcontaminated thewatersupply." "Maybeskinnycouldhelp." "Itrusthim, butthesituation isn'tdesperateyet." "I'vesurvivedbefore on600milliliters ofwateraday , butnotforthislong ." "It'smyfaultthe water iscontaminated,though." "AndI 'mgonna betheonetofixit." "Ihaveto lie aboutthereactor, becauseifskinnyfindsout,  they'llabortthemission." "Fucking condensation." "There'snothingto lookat,  butnowIcan 'teven seeoutside." "Hey,buddy," "Ihaven'ttalkedtoyou ina coupledays." "Howareyoudoing?" "I'm fine." "Look,alltheworkyou're doingonthereactor'sgetting peoplea littleworried." "Everythingokay?" "Yeah." "Iwantthatthingtostill be workingifIget upthere ina coupleyears." "Youknow,if anything goeswrongup there, we'dhaveto bringyou home." "Home?" "No." "Look, skinny, essential systems are fine." "I'm just running some routine maintenance." "Yeah,butI'mgetting anearfulfrom theguysin operations, andthey'ddefinitelyprefer itifyoujustleft itbe ." "Okay?" "Ah!" "Can'tsleep?" "Sleep is on the ship like a ghost." "Sorry,what?" "Never mind." "Whydon'tyou takea sleepingpill?" "I don't like the way those things make me feel." "Well,I 'mglad you'restillawake." "Ihavesomebad news aboutMaddox." "Oh, really?" "Thefixyoumade onhergyroscope didn'thold." "I'mafraidwe 'regoing tohaveto turnher around." "Youokaythere,captain?" "Look,I justneedyou  toassureme  thatyou'regoingtobe abletokeepit togetherupthere." "Oh, c'mon, what does that mean, huh?" "What does that..." "I..." "What does that even mean?" "Itmeansstaysane andstayfocused, sowedon'thave anymoreproblems." "Stanaforth,I 'mwaiting foryouto tellmethat  you'regoingto be allright." "Well, that is a stupid thing to wait for." "Irememberwaitingfor you  tocomeoutofthat desert, youknow?" "Whenyoufinally gottothatrendezvous." "Lookin'likesnakeskin." "Doyourecallwhatyou saidtome ?" "Youremember whatyousaid?" "What?" "Yousaid,"skinny,I squeezedwaterfromastone."" "Well, that's half true." "We really have to abort her mission?" "Yeah,wetriedeverything." "Shehasto comehome,captain." "I'm in here, and every single other thing is out there." "Condensation." "It'sasdry asa desertin here, butit'saclosedsystem." "Theship, theplants," "theyhaveto giveup theirwaterforme." "I'm sorry." "Come on." "It'sallconnected." "Ijusthaveto replicatesystems thatworkin nature." "Hopeisoutthere." "Super-heatthesoil, compressit." "Extractthehydrogen andtheoxygen, recombinethem." "Thisishowthe  universemadewater." "Thisishowlife onearthformed." "AndI 'mtryingto  recreatetheprocess." "Imighthaveenoughwater tosurvivethejourney." "ButifIcan 'tmake thereactorwork, what'sthepoint?" "I'lljustdiealoneonMars." "Come on." "Ah!" "Fuck!" "Goddammit." "Work with me, you stupid piece of fucking junk!" "Shit, I'm sorry." "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it." "I'm sorry." "Jesus,captain, what'sgoingon ?" "Youlooklikeshit, theship'samess." "Peopleareworriedaboutyou." "Everyone'saskingme  what'sgoingon withyou , andI don'tknow whattotellthem." "Huh?" "Stanaforth,c 'monyou gottatalkto me here." "Skinny, I fucked up." "I, uh..." "I plugged into the..." "Yeah, my..." "My power is..." "My water supply's fucked." "I poisoned the supply." "What?" "Howisthatpossible?" "Whathappened?" "I just thought I knew..." "What it would be like, but I just..." "I don't know, I..." "Okay,look." "Protocoldictates youreturnto earthrightnow." "Abortthemission, getyouhome." "Hopefullywecan bringyoubacksafely." "Butwhathaveyou  triedalready?" "Isthereanythingthat wecando to getit workingagain?" "We'llhaveat least adayor twobeforewe're abletoturnyou aroundand..." "Iknowthisship betterthananyone." "Icouldn'tgetittowork." "It'samazingthat wecanbuildthesemachinesto shootusthroughspace." "Butintheend  we'rejustthese fragilelittlecreatures staringout attheuniverse,learning." "Theimportantthing isnotthetechnology, butthehumanity." "Thetechnologyenablesus toexperiencesomething reallyastonishing." "Towalkon Mars, towatchthesunset fromanotherplanet." "Thatkindof raw emotionalexperience iswhat'sreallysignificant inthisjourney." "Endtransmission." "IthoughtIhad  everythingfiguredout." "Ispentyears planningthismission." "Idesignedamachine sowecouldlive onanotherplanet." "Imadethisthing workinthedesertbut..." "Butthatwasn't thereasonI, um ..." "Thatwasn'tthemoment." "I drank the land." "But just when i got it working, the minute I was gonna take a drink..." "My foot, my leg went numb." "Bang." "I collapsed." "I tried to take a drink, i couldn't..." "I couldn't grip the bottle." "My hand was like..." "Air." "IthoughtIwas evaporating." "Ilaydowninthesand," "Iwovemyselfin." "And this barrier between me and everything" "just dissolved." "And I could die, because life is enormous." "And I loved the feeling of dying," "and then it passed." "The feeling passed." "I could feel my hands, my feet." "I got up, i walked to the rendezvous." "And I made up my mind right there and then." "To go on a one-way mission to Mars." "Goodmorning,stanaforth." "Timetoputon yourflightsuit." "Houstonwillbe taking thewheelforthe turnaround, butwe'regonnaneedyou inthecockpitincase  ofanemergency." "Fuelhasbeensentup tothespacestation." "That'llgetyouthe rest ofthewayhomeand..." "Themissionhasfailed," "butI can'tgo back." "Idon'tcare ifthemachinesdon 'twork, ifnooneelseiscoming." "Iknowwhatwaits formeon earth," "butnotup there." "Whatareyoudoing?" "What'sgoingon ?" "Didyoujust overridethecontrols?" "Stanaforth,youwill windupoffcourse." "Doyouunderstandme?" "You'regonna endupoffcourse." "Areyoulistening?" "I'mtryingto helpyou ." "Goddammit,stanaforth,stop!" "That'sanorder,captain." "Stanaforth!" "Ihopesomeone,someday, willreadthisjournal." "Idon'tknow ifI 'moncourse." "Myshipisn'ttellingme." "IfI miscalculated, I'llmissMarsby amillionmiles, driftingintospaceforever." "Ikeepup my routine, butI 'velosthope inthemission." "Hoe!" "Huh, huh, huh, hoe, hoe, hoe." "Hoe!" "Somanypeoplewanted tobepartofthis journey, andsentme messages alongtheway." "Iletyoudown." "Maddoxtrustedme , andthenIfailed." "Ihopesomedayyou get  anothermission." "Tokeepgoingwith whatwestarted." "Andskinny..." "Icanalmosthear yououtthere, tryingtoreachme." "NowthatI'mnot  goingtomakeit,  youmustfeellike Ido." "Broken." "Empty." "Forme,I'mtrapped insidemyownmachine." "Presseddownby gravity." "Wringingoutthelast dropsofwater, witheringaway." "Whatdoesit matter ifI liveanotherday , anotherweek, dryingupin this tinybox?" "This is all i have left to give." "Iwantto getout there." "Iwannabe rippedapart byspace,overwhelmed." "Whynotopenthe hatch andstepoutside?" "Stanaf..." "I'mtryingto ..." "Ifyou..." "Stana...skinny, areyouthere..." "Houston,tryingto reach..." "Ifyou'realive..." "Letusknow..." "Canyouhear..." "Ifyou...signal..." "Getthroughthe..." "Stanaforth,areyou..." "Magneticstorm..." "You'recloseto a..." "Stormsafely..." "You'llbethere..." "Close..." "We'rerootingforyou ..." "Skinny..." "Wholeworld..." "It's me." "Stanaforth, comein." "Yeah, I'm here." "I'm..." "Skinny...so..." "You'resoclose." "This is it." "Ourbodiesare morespacethanmatter." "There'sanunfathomable distancebetweeneachatom, eachparticle." "Whatkeepsus solid?" "Whydon'twe dissolve?" "ThisiswhyIcame here ." "Togiveeverythingup." "Foronemoment ofpurewonder." "Idon'tknowifanyone canhearme , butheregoes." "Houston, Zephyr is go for landing." "Zephyr released." "Three minutes." "Two minutes, fuel light is on." "One minute." "There's the spot!" "Thirty meters, two down." "Ten meters, three forward." "Five meters." "Down." "Houston,thisis  captainWilliamd." "Stanaforth onthesurfaceofMars ." "Nothinghaseverlivedhere ." "Nothinghaseverdiedhere ." "MaybeI 'llliveforever."