The Case for Mars - Melodysheep

Mars is the next logical step

In our space program

It's the challenge that's been staring us in the face

For the past 30 years

It has water it has carbon

It has a 24 hour day

It has geothermal energy

Mars is a place we can settle

There is a giant rift in it's surface

5000 kilometers long

There is a volcano as wide as Arizona

So there's the choice in life

One either grows or one decays

Grow or die

I think we should grow

Mars is a world of wonders

It has canyons river valleys

And giant ice sheets

Mars is a world of wonders

It shouldn't be humans to Mars in 50 years

It should be humans to Mars in 10

We either muster the courage to go

Or we risk the possibility of stagnation and decay

We've got cosmic radiation

Zero gravity

Martian dust storms

Back contamination

But these are dragons that we can take on

In our time we have sifted

The sands of Mars

Sands of Mars

Established a presence there

And fulfilled a century of dreams

The Mars rovers have really

Captured our imaginations

They genuinely are explorers

In the old-fashioned sense

If you put out a call

For volunteers for the first crew to Mars

They'd be lined up coast to coast

Mars is a world of wonders

It has canyons river valleys

And giant ice sheets

Mars is a world of wonders

It shouldn't be humans to Mars in 50 years

It should be humans to Mars in 10

Mars is a dry frozen version of our home

Covered in red dust and sand

At one time

In the ancient past

Mars was very similar

To the conditions of early earth

There will always be people with new ideas

On how humans should live together

We now have eyes and ears on the surface

What's left after you go is

The good you've left behind

You have to believe in hope

You have to believe in the future

There are more and more people

Coming around to the point of view that

A positive future for humanity requires human expansion to space

Mars is a world of wonders

It has canyons river valleys

And giant ice sheets

Mars is a world of wonders

It shouldn't be humans to Mars in 50 years

It should be humans to Mars in 10

This is a world of wonders

We're at a crossroads today

We either muster the courage to go

Or we risk the possibility of stagnation and decay