Astronaut Major Trenton Mathias was given a solitary mission to Mars in 2054. For two years he singlkehandedly planted viable microbes found in Earth's icecaps into the Red Planet's barren soil. It was a special project by NASA-Expan to jumpstart life into a lifeless world. In reporting back home his latest transmision he explains tragically why it will be his last. It was never intended to be a one way mission . . .