Mars Lander Precis	Paul Malone

The idea of placing a footprint on another planet is nowadays an event of little remark. To our eyes it is a star that shines among the constellations, but within that point of light exists a whole world. Landscapes that are both commonplace and yet infinitely strange. The intellect struggles to put these places into familiar contexts and ascribe emotions that relate in some way to our past experiences - a desert, a beach maybe or a deserted quarry. But that frost is dry ice and the sky is pink.