To the happy few

ISAAC: They’re talking about bioengineering animals and terraforming Mars. When I started reporting Gemini missions just watching a Titan rocket lift off was a sight to see. Now they’re gonna colonise the solar system.

DANA: Are you obsessing about this?

ISAAC: Yes.

DANA: Why?

ISAAC: Because I won’t be alive to see it.

— in Sports Night

Lembrei-me deste diálogo ao ler uma notícia sobre fatos espaciais que estão a ser testados na Antártida, para os astronautas que irão a Marte.