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Life and Mars
Late this evening, the first of three Martian landers will set down on our ruddy outland neighbor. The European “Beagle 2” will touch down and begin searching for new definitions of what is called “life”. Then, on January 3 and 24, the American ships “Spirit” and “Opportunity” will settle on the fourth planet from our Sun.
It’s time we fix our gaze above the thin cloudbelts of Earth – above the din of its whirring machinery and the cacophany of our Babel of cultural disconnects. It’s time again to raise our heads up from the cramped posture of our daily grind and contemplate another world in all its pristine splendor.
We’ve been grounded far too long – tethered too tightly. Our fears are projected around every corner. Our imaginations have become enchanted with the endless, yet simplistic, complexity of our own hypnotic clockwork creations. We’ve forgotten how little we know of what is above our heads and we have lost sight of the fact that our cities have no roof. And there is nothing above us – nothing but the infinite universe.
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