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“I'm so close to Schiaparelli I can taste it. I guess it would taste like sand, mostly, but that's not the point.”
“If democracy and self-rule are the fundamentals, then why should people give up these rights when they enter their workplace? In politics we fight like tigers for freedom, for the right to elect ou...”
“NASA are idiots. They want to send canned primates to Mars!" Manfred swallows a mouthful of beer, aggressively plonks his glass on the table: "Mars is just dumb mass at the bottom of a gravity well...”
“No one goes out to play anymore. Simulation is becoming reality.”
“Space architectures capable of supporting a permanent human presence on Mars are extraordinarily complex, with many different interdependent systems.”
“Mars has been flown by, orbited, smacked into, radar inspected, and rocketed onto, as well as bounced upon, rolled over, shoveled, drilled into, baked, and even laser blasted.”
“People seem weak, but they're strong. They seem strong, but they're weak.”
