Benjamin Driscoll's 'The Martian Chronicles'
The Martian Chronicles is a series of almost unrelated short stories that explore the tenacity of the human race. Four separate expeditions to Mars, resulted in four different disasters for the crews, yet still the humans kept trying to conquer the frontier that was Mars.
Mars as a planet tries to prove itself to be hostile to humanity with thin oxygen yet fails due to the tenacity of the colonists. “No!...I'll be all right. I've got to stay here!” the words of Benjamin Driscoll, the Johnny Appleseed of Mars. The man who refused to admit defeat and return to Earth even after discovering that the Martian atmoshpere was detrimental to his health.1 Through his own tenacity and unwillingness to give up the man managed to seed Mars with the
Mars as a planet tries to prove itself to be hostile to humanity with thin oxygen yet fails due to the tenacity of the colonists. “No!...I'll be all right. I've got to stay here!” the words of Benjamin Driscoll, the Johnny Appleseed of Mars. The man who refused to admit defeat and return to Earth even after discovering that the Martian atmoshpere was detrimental to his health.1 Through his own tenacity and unwillingness to give up the man managed to seed Mars with the