Author Topic: What should the first words spoken on Mars be? (Read 18613 times)

CmdrShepN7 · « **on:** 01/24/2023 06:50 am »

How about something like this?

"We stand on the shoulders of giants. Marco Polo, Zheng He, Ibn Battuta, Christopher Columbus, Lewis and Clark, Roald Amundsen, Charles Lindbergh, Neil Armstrong. Today we take this step as one species on a journey that will take us to the stars. Humanity's story has only just begun."

It is cheesy and it is "Hollywood" but it is something I would say if I was the first human to land on Mars.

Would the colonial undertones be problematic? Should they name drop great inventors and scientists like Edison, Ford, Oppenheimer, Einstein, Musk, etc. instead of those explorers?

Tie it to technological and scientific advancement instead of colonialism?

Humanity's story is just beginning implies humanity is destined to a interstellar future. Elon Musk would love it.

A human mission to Mars would be the true start of humanity's story. Is that a mindset we want to promote?

Funnily enough Danielle Poole says "It's only the beginning" in the latest FAM trailer.

edzieba · « **Reply #1 on:** 01/24/2023 07:20 am »

With the likelihood a Starship-like vehicle will be the first manned lander on Mars, with its elevated airlock:
"Wow, that sure was a whole lot of small steps!"

ZachS09 · « **Reply #2 on:** 01/24/2023 07:45 am »

“From the small step Armstrong took, we take the bigger stride into the next generation.”

JohnFornaro · « **Reply #3 on:** 01/24/2023 11:58 am »

We Should Have Turned Left At Albuquerque.

neoforce · « **Reply #4 on:** 01/24/2023 12:28 pm »

"Good luck, Mr. Gorsky"

vapour_nudge · « **Reply #5 on:** 01/24/2023 01:08 pm »

Perhaps the first words will be in Marndarin

Crispy · « **Reply #6 on:** 01/24/2023 01:13 pm »

"Well, here we are!"

nicp · « **Reply #7 on:** 01/24/2023 01:19 pm »

To quote Eddie Izzard: “Eww, it’s all sticky!”

FishInferno · « **Reply #8 on:** 01/24/2023 01:25 pm »

"Yet another giant leap for ma-- What was that? Houston, we--" *Radio cuts off amid screams.*

5 minutes later:

"Haha, just kidding guys."

su27k · « **Reply #9 on:** 01/24/2023 01:54 pm »

"We declare Mars as a free planet and that no Earth-based government has authority or sovereignty over Martian activities."

Eer · « **Reply #10 on:** 01/24/2023 01:54 pm »

"I thought it would look more red"

DanClemmensen · « **Reply #11 on:** 01/24/2023 06:01 pm »

"We come in peace."

jimvela · « **Reply #12 on:** 01/25/2023 02:22 am »

Hopefully not "Sh1t, we crashed!"

Dalhousie · « **Reply #13 on:** 01/25/2023 03:48 am »

Quote from: CmdrShepN7 on 01/24/2023 06:50 am

How about something like this?

"We stand on the shoulders of giants. Marco Polo, Zheng He, Ibn Battuta, Christopher Columbus, Lewis and Clark, Roald Amundsen, Charles Lindbergh, Neil Armstrong. Today we take this step as one species on a journey that will take us to the stars. Humanity's story has only just begun."

It is cheesy and it is "Hollywood" but it is something I would say if I was the first human to land on Mars.

Would the colonial undertones be problematic? Should they name drop great inventors and scientists like Edison, Ford, Oppenheimer, Einstein, Musk, etc. instead of those explorers?

Only two of those could be considered "colonial"