The Chances of Anything Coming from Mars

Travel to Mars: The Chances of Anything Coming from Mars Just Got Real

Travel to Mars sounds like something ripped from a sci-fi novel. Which is funny, because it is. Specifically, mine. But these days, that fantasy is becoming suspiciously plausible. Rockets are launching, billionaires are posturing, and scientists are whispering the words Mars colonisation like it is just a casual next step.

Why are we so obsessed with space travel when we cannot even clean up our oceans or go a week without arguing about the weather? Because Earth, for all its beauty, is just not enough for us anymore.

Life on Mars Sounds Miserable, So Naturally We Want It

Let’s look at the facts. Mars is dry. It is cold. There is no breathable air. The maximum temperature is twelve degrees, and that is on a good day. To survive there, we would need suits, shields, shelters, and the patience of a monk with a Netflix addiction.

So of course we are desperate to go.

We are trying to terraform Mars, build structures, design food systems, and turn this red rock into a second home. The plan? Send humans to Mars and hope they do not immediately regret their life choices when they miss sunshine, oxygen, and literally every meal that is not grown under artificial light.

Mars as a Former Home: Wait, What?

Here is where things get juicy. Some people think we have already done this. That Mars was home long before Earth. That something catastrophic happened and we bailed. I explore that theory in Circle in the Sand, a novel that mixes conspiracy with cosmic road trips and throws in a God who is sick of watching us repeat the same mess on different planets.

In the book, the history we know is a lie. Mars was the first civilisation. Earth was Plan B. The artefacts, the ancient tech that does not belong, the unexplained monuments? All clues. Some subtle, some not. The kind of stuff you fall into a Google spiral over while questioning everything you were taught in school.

Space Travel Is No Longer a Joke

The chances of anything coming from Mars used to be a sci-fi punchline. Now it is a budget line item. Billionaires are pushing for commercial space travel, reusable rockets are a thing, and timelines for actual Mars missions are being tossed around like weather reports. Five years. Maybe ten.

It is not a question of if anymore. It is when.

And once we get there, you can bet the first tourists will be packing sunscreen and muttering about the good old days on Earth.

Circle in the Sand: The Fiction That Might Not Be Fiction

If this all sounds familiar, it is because Circle in the Sand predicted half of it. Or maybe I just listened to the right kind of madness and wrote it down before it became news. Either way, the book digs into the idea that travel to Mars is not our future, but our past repeating itself. With better tech. And worse outfits.

In the story, a handful of humans are chosen by a fed-up deity for a tour of the truth. What unfolds is ancient history, rewritten with celestial drama and sharp edges. You will never look at space the same way again.

Think Adam and Eve but space-ey.

Have you read Humans are Alien Babies from Long, Long Ago?

Travel to Mars Might Be the Future, But Earth Still Wins

Even if we manage to pull off Mars colonisation, and get humans on Mars in your lifetime, we are still going to come back here for the holidays. The food. The forests. The sex without suits. Lying on a Martian rock in a pressurised jumpsuit is not the dream people think it is.

So go ahead, keep watching the skies. Keep dreaming about space. But maybe, while you are at it, pick up a copy of Circle in the Sand. Because sometimes, fiction gets there first.

Grab a copy of Circle in the Sand let me know what you think.