Is there life on Mars?
Neither I nor David Bowie know for sure. But the Phoenix Lander is on Mars … and with it - among quarter of a million others - is my signature, thanks to the Planetary Society and me spending a few minutes a year or so ago. Which feels both weird and cool at once, to be honest.
As far as life on Earth is concerned, today was a pretty majestic FAIL, thanks to circumstances beyond my control. But hey - it’s not all about me. And tomorrow is another day, as the saying goes. The species progresses, even when I do not. This is comforting, somehow.
