[ WP ] A Man finally lands on mars , he finds human skeletal remains , and quickly realizes that in the past long long ago human 's lived on mars only to explore earth as they depleted the resources on mars .

`` We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars, Now we just look down and worry about our place in the dirt.'' 
 
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 I looked out of the window, it was a small luxury at one of the only few this “ spacecraft ” had. 
 There were four of us, changing shifts, one to control the main panel, one for emergency purposes. 
 Outside it was as black as it could get. No wind, no light, like I was watching a black tv screen, waiting for the scene to change knowing it would n't. 
 
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 I was not sure we would make it, this “ spacescraft ” was a fast, last minute construction. 
 They insured us that it was made by “ the best in the business ” but I knew better. The testing for a spacecraft this size would have taken years. They managed to magically reduce that to 2 months. The amount of rules and regulation they must have broken was of the chart, but then again they had to build this spacecraft before the year 2035 or the mission would have been aborted. 
 
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 It was time to wake up the crew, we had to land on mars in 45 minutes. 
 A loud peep in my right ear told me the radio was on. A loud “ Orbital 11, can you verify your position?, over ” let me know that we were on the right frequency and that the equipment was working. 
 I responded: “ Orbital 11 for Mission Control, We are on a 45 degree angle currently flying over the south hemisphere. Exact coordinates are 2353:865, over ” 
 
 
 “ That is a copy, Orbital 11, You are a go for landing procedures, over ” 
 The tricky part about this mission was that there had been a money cap from the government. Meaning that there was just enough fuel on board to get us there and back. But if we were to make weird maneuverings, we would run out of gas before we could get home. 
 
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 I tried to search for the right words, I was never good at this mission control talk that was apparently required to talk to mission control. Why did we need to use Orbital 11 or Mission Control before every sentence? It was not like there was anyone else floating here. Stret, who had current control over our fuel and motor tapped my on my shoulder. Are you going to say something back? He asked. I quickly regained my sanity of mind and talked into the mic: “ Orbital 11, for final approach ” 
 “ Orbital 11, You are clear for final approach, radio will be terminated during landing, over ” 
 “ We hope to hear of you if everything goes well ” 
 Great radio silence, That gave me some time to think. 
 Everything had gone so fast these last months. I had to train for the mission, and we were put in quarantine. That gave no options to see my boy. Oh what did I miss that cute smile in the morning. 
 It was a miracle but Mike put the craft down without any great trouble. 
 
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 I was the first one to exit, In all the hurry we did not have anytime to come up with a cheesy text like Neal Armstrong could. 
 We were all very happy that we made it. We brought a bottle of the best champagne from earth with us for this moment. 
 
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 I saw something behind our Spacecraft. Our landing had made a huge crater of 2 to 3 meter and blew all the sand that the landscape was covered away. 
 I walked to the weird object. 
 My head turned white and my hearth stopped. I had my hands around a skeletal of a human like creature. A human, how big is the chance I asked myself. What could this mean? 
 My hands were shaking when I turned around. We had a camera on the front of our spacecraft that was a live feed to earth. 
 I grabbed all my courage and while raising the skeletal to the camera a cheesy quote popped into my mind. Without any thought I said it in the camera: 
 
 `` We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars, Now we just look down and worry about our place in the dirt.'' 
 
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 English is not my main language, so if you find something that is written wrong please do tell me so I can change it
