…I heard a neigh. Oh, such a brisk and melodious neigh as that was! My very heart leaped with delight at the sound. – Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Chimæra," A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boy
Clearly, some creative thinking is badly needed if humans are to have a future beyond Earth. Returning to the Moon may be worthy and attainable, but it fails to capture the publics imagination. What does get people excited is the prospect of a mission to Mars. – Paul Davies
