Bravery comes along as a gradual accumulation of discipline.
My sister called me "Buzzard" when I was a baby - she couldn't say "Brother" so I've been Buzz my whole life.
Mars is there, waiting to be reached.
I grew up in a country that I thought was special. And it was.
Just as Mars - a desert planet - gives us insights into global climate change on Earth, the promise awaits for bringing back to life portions of the Red Planet through the application of Earth Science to its similar chemistry, possibly reawakening its life-bearing potential.
Like actors and writers who are on and off again in terms of employment, I had a very unstructured life.