You know... if by some bizarre twist there actually were Martians, they'd be growing frightened about now what with all the machines hurtling towards them from Earth. Clearly these Earthlings are planning an invasion. *hehe* I mean, that's what we'd think, right? But the truth is that these missions are hard-won struggles for science by academics and scientists. Always two sides... *imagining some Martian writer describing the "beginning of the route of civilisation "* hehe