Mariner Twenty

When Roger Haines acquired the technology to send the first manned mission to Mars, the success of the Mariner Twenty landing was greeted with euphoria and relief in equal measure. For over fifty years the human race had sent a variety of probes, satellites and landers to the mysterious red planet of Mars.

It glows a tempting hue in the night sky, almost inviting us to reach out and explore it. However, during those decades only a small percentage of the technology had successfully fulfille...