Mars...when are we going to go back and say that

Tamara 2022-10-21 20:47:24

The first thing humans said after landing on Mars was "I didn't do it".

It's so funny, almost 10 years later, I still clearly remember the funny situation when I first watched this film this summer.

At 22:00 on July 11, 2003, CCTV-6 was broadcast, when SARS had not completely passed. 2003 was a very special year in my memory, because only three months after watching the movie, 1.3 billion Chinese watched their first astronauts enter space on Shenzhou V. I remember that before Yang Liwei said the first sentence, I had imagined that moment for a long time, carrying the creativity of the entire Chinese nation, what would he say at that exciting moment? Quoting Tang poetry? Song Ci? Or something like "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"? Unfortunately, in the end, all his wishes came to nothing. Yang Liwei just said a few words in a normal manner.

Perhaps, they should have chosen a more passionate astronaut, like Randall.

——The mother will burst out with the power of 20 people when her child is crushed, and call me "Mommy", Commander.
What?
—Call me Mommy, right now!
I'd rather die on Mars.
-Who am I?
...Mummy...
- Be emotional.
...Mom, save me...
——Little Billy, mom is here!
—Ah you're saved, little Billy!
How dare you call it "Little Billy" again!
——How can I talk to my mother like this ^ ^

In 2003, there was another incident, that is, the fall of the first space shuttle of mankind, the Columbia, until last year, when Atlantis completed its farewell journey, human beings This is the end of the space shuttle era in just three decades.

Going back 15 years, in July 1997, Mars Pathfinder landed on the red planet with American pride and ambition. Three months later, the "Naughty Boy Climbing to Mars" was released. At that moment, the United States had a strong enough heart to ridicule itself - the first flag of human beings planted on other planets turned out to be Randall's underwear !

I remember a certain issue of "New Era of Science and Technology" I read in 1997, which outlined in detail the comparison of several plans for the United States to land on Mars around 2020: the arrangement of the itinerary, the training of astronauts, the launch of supply ships... They are serious of! I really thought then that I would have the privilege of witnessing with all of humanity in the early 21st century - the first man to speak on Mars, the first man to walk backwards on Mars, the first to blow a kiss on Mars The first person to blush... But

, looking at NASA, which is constantly being cut budgets today, the Mars plan has long since become a thing of the past. Without the Soviet Union, a major aerospace power, as a competitor, the United States would not be in the mood to tighten its belt and do thankless things in the economic downturn.

It seems to be getting farther and farther, the unreachable red planet.

Fortunately, China's aerospace industry is progressing steadily, Shenzhou 9, Shenzhou 10... I hope 2012 will be a special year...

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Extended Reading

RocketMan quotes

  • [as a young boy, Fred Randall is looking at the stars from what appears to be a spaceship window]

    Young Fred: Gemini, this is Houston. Do you copy?

    [imitates radio static]

    Young Fred: Roger that, Houston. This is Captain Fred Randall.

    [imitates radio static]

    Young Fred: Houston, the earth looks beautiful. It's like a giant blueberry.

    [imitates radio static]

    Young Fred: Roger that, Houston. We are set to fire retrorockets.

    [imitates radio static]

    Young Fred: That's a go, Gemini. Retrofire ignition in T-minus six and counting. Five, four, three, two, one! Ignition!

    [it's revealed that young Fred is actually in a dryer and it has just been turned on]

    Young Fred: [spinning around in the dryer] Houston, we have a problem. We have a problem! Mission Control, the gyro is out! The gyro is out! Houston, we have a problem! We have a problem! I want my mommy! I want my mommy!

    [Fred's mother returns to turn off the dryer]

    Young Fred: Uh-oh.

    Mrs. Randall: Fred Z. Randall, what are you doing?

    Young Fred: I come in peace!

    Mrs. Randall: Look, George, it's our little moon man.

    Mr. Randall: [steps into the room] Sweet pickled pineapples! Why can't he play football, like the rest of the kids?

    Mrs. Randall: Oh, George!

    [as the parents leave, young Fred looks up at the stars wistfully]

  • [after another failed Mars landing blamed on a computer glitch]

    Paul Wick: GET ME THE NAME OF THE GUY THAT WROTE THIS SOFTWARE!