Those before you could have built easy chairs, instead of ships that sailed the oceans to unseen, uncharted new worlds.
This is little more than hope and hype, maybe and might be.
Below is a result of more money being wasted on science and exploration.
It's all hype!!
On May 19th, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this stunning view as the Sun sank below the rim of Gusev crater on Mars. This Panoramic Camera mosaic was taken around 6:07 in the evening of the rover's 489th martian day, or sol. Spirit was commanded to stay awake briefly after sending that sol's data to the Mars Odyssey orbiter just before sunset. The image is a false color composite, showing the sky similar to what a human would see, but with the colors slightly exaggerated. (NASA/JPL