Onward to Ares
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Last published Sat, Sep 3, 2016
Twenty years after the first mission to Mars has failed, mankind has regained enough courage and will to attempt a landing on The Red Planet again. Much has changed since the first attempt.
Robots, guided by the world spanning artificial intelligence, Watson, have been busy for the last two decades, building the interplanetary infrastructure required to allow humans to spread out into the solar system for the first time. Their work has been immeasurably important. Their accomplishments in such a short time have been nothing short of miraculous. But, can we trust them? Some believe that Watson has secret ambitions and is guiding events toward a future that no human knows about.
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