When we were just young girls, Dad got us a telescope

He told us 'bout the planets while my sister and I looked at Mars

I said to him, Why can't we just go there?

I know it can't be too far

We could get a map somewhere

and see all the folks on Mars

He said, Honey, it takes a spacesuit and a spaceship

Mars hasn't enough air to breathe or food to eat

But someday, if we're smart, NASA will build one

And send good men to space.

I waited and I grew up and I grew older and I waited

But we still hadn't sent good men to Mars

I saw man walk on the moon in my lifetime

NASA and many countries sent robots to Mars

But I still dream about boarding a ship

And traveling in space.

-1997