AND THE MOON BE STILL AS BRIGHT

No matter how we touch
Mars, we’ll never touch it. And then we’ll get mad at it, and you know
what we’ll do? We’ll rip it up, rip the skin off, and change it to fit
ourselves.”
“We won’t ruin Mars,” said the captain. “It’s too big and too good.”
“You think not? We Earth Men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful
things. 1
Ray Bradbury
The Martian Chronicles