Let's be clear, this is not the first time humankind has made a childhood dream come closer to reality. As a child, I grew up reading the Adventures of Tintin.
Tintin, a journalist, was always accompanied by his dog Milou. Woof! Woof!
Problem solving is Tintin's business. In the book series, the Tintin character visited the moon and mars all dressed up in a spacesuit, even his dog strolled in with a custom outfit.
Tintin walked on the surface of the moon before the astronauts took the historic first step on the Apollo 13. When the lunar module landed in the late sixties, it was man's imagination on paper that came to life.
That created an uproar!
While the scientific community was pleased and hopeful, preachers widely condemned the enterprise and thought these planets were celestial entities that man had no business interfering with.
Tintin went on to the hidden side of the moon, stepped on both planets a first time before returning to Mars. As a young adult, reading Tintin's cartoons was both, a pleasure and an adventure in itself.
The moment of fascination enjoyed during this author's childhood came when Tintin and his crew welcomed Armstrong, the American astronaut, on the surface of the Moon. The latter stood at the bottom of the Apollo 13 ladder bewildered that he was not the first man to set foot on the Moon.
What prompted the second mission? Did the first mission fail? Would Perseverance be able to rescue, repair or destroy Curiosity?
Well done, NASA! (But, remember to give credit to Tintin :-) After the second Mars landing
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