MY LIFE ON MARS

I'm having some trouble getting my head around the living in outer space thing. NASA are in the news this week, once more promising we'll be all over Mars and the moon before we know it. All over them. Won't be able to move for the people.

And yet, whenever there's a space shuttle launch it always seems to get called off three times before they actually find the right "launch window". Those astronauts must feel like they've bought stand-by tickets... "What, we're not going today either? Oh man! You promised us yesterday..."

And it doesn't seem to be a big catastrophe that stops the shuttle launching. The reason seems to be that there's maybe a bit of rain in the air or the wind is picking up a little.

Are we really supposed to be colonising planets when we can’t make a spaceship that launches in inclement weather? Come on, NASA, fit some windscreen wipers to that baby, let's get into the stratosphere already. What are we waiting for?