Mars is a Bummer, Man

You can take people off Earth, but can you take the Earth out of people? Humanity's first mission to Mars hits a nasty speed bump. Personality, passion and persuasion form a deadly triangle on the first Martian colony.

This new novelette by science fiction author Frank Severino cynically explores notions of character, class, human expansion, legacies and what the future might regrettably consider inspirational or historically valuable.