Mission to Mars(A personal dream)

As a very young boy about 5, i always gaze at the heavens (especially the moon) and will tell myself, I'll be the first person to set foot on the moon. I was very enthusiastic about the idea of it.

Well, that was what i believe till i was about 9 years old.(Yes, 9 years old) When my teacher told me that Niel Armstrong was the first person to set foot on moon about 40 years ago... When i got enlightened by this fact, i was really speechless and instead of admiration, the dark force took over me. Anger, Jealousy was my feeling. I think i was the only person in the world feeling angry and disappointment at Armstrong's achievement. Well at least this feeling went on for a week or so.

It didn't last long because i had found a new target. The Sun. I told everyone about my new vision, and like always my friends will not believe and my teachers will encourage.

I have always hated art class because i hate art. Normally i will end up drawing 'craps' and get 'excellent' rating for it. Since i had a new dream, during art class, instead of drawing the required subject, I will be drawing spaceships. This type of passion is equivalent to the passion of pictograms drawn/carved by early humans when they discovered something new; etc fire.

My teachers always tell me that i will burn up before even reaching the Sun no matter how strong i build my spaceship.(I just contradicted my statement...) But i always dismiss them by thinking, they wanna stop me from being the first dude on the Sun. A classic way to steal the glory. (Well, i was a fool to have thought of that). This vision lasted till i was about 12 almost 13. After the crappy UPSR exams i did my research and i will be wasting time and energy on the sun, so i set another goal.

MY ULTIMATE DREAM, The Holy Grail of my life, A Voyage to Mars. This vision still persists
and is very doable. I was inspired by Dr Zubrin's speech, a visionary of Mars exploration. Everything I need to get to Mars is already available or obtainable. Currently according to Dr Zubrin again, Nasa got no 'balls' to explore deep space becasue of lives at stake which is good for me. Until then.