"On the joyous and satisfying occasion of this, our first successful journey to Mars, we think back not only on all those who died along the way, but also on the Slack clone that allowed us avert disaster on this mission..."
I do wonder why we want humans on Mars. Given the huge amount of fossil fuels that must be burned on this planet to get us there.
We may find Mars is dry and arid when we get there, and so is Earth.