On Jul 1, 2005, at 2:01 PM, Damon Agretto wrote:
Ok, I could buy that, but why didn't they just stay the first time
instead
of burying ships and leaving?
Maybe they were prepositioning equipment in the same way the US has
prepositioned equipment in places like Diego Garcia. It's all about
the contingency plans; we don't know what sort of "operations" are
going on in other theaters, etc. or the political, economic, or
environmental situation on Mars (though we could make some good
guesses...)...
Sleeper cells?
Put the equipment in place against the day when they *might* need it,
and then activate it when it's necessary...?
As for bacteria -- a new virulent mutation that they *didnt* have a
problem with then might well have emerged over the centuries.
As to why no one found them ... that's a puzzler.
BTW, the Wells version had Martians launching their capsules like
artillery, yes -- IIRC flashes were seen on Mars some time (weeks?
months?) before the first arrivals started hitting Earth.
--
Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books
http://books.nightwares.com/
Current work in progress "The Seven-Year Mirror"
http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf
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