Ten weeks to Mars…
It feels like it was yesterday when we witnessed the rising of the Phoenix towards its destiny and now…
Ten weeks to Mars…
ONLY Ten weeks to Mars.
Time will fly until that day when we, space exploration followers, will be standing, around the planet Earth, eagerly, nervously, anxiously, awaiting the key words:

The Phoenix has landed.

As I write this words I dream with the success of the mission, I anticipate the ground view from the north pole of another planet retrieved by a mission that has everything to become an icon for generations to come, because the Phoenix, as it name reveals, was possible by the effort and will of a family of women and men that don’t dare to relinquish their dreams and goals.

In a sense, we ALL are the Phoenix, we all are, now, as it approaches Mars, part of the journey.

And when, on the 25th of May, 588 years after Henry the Navigator was designated as master of the Order of Christ that was responsible for the Portuguese Discoveries, the arctic shores of another planet becomes the scenery of a daring landing by an emissary of the Planet Earth, we will rejoice along with those women and men, we will know that they were correct.

That it was worthy.

spacEurope starts today its countdown to that special day, with weekly posts dedicated to the Phoenix mission.

Ideas are floating around, invitations are on the way, so let us see who says “present!”
Until then it may be a good opportunity to read or reread spacEurope’s special Phoenix launch feature posts.

Mars…we are arriving!