Jings, really? What a sad day. We should have been at Jupiter by now, and
be 11 years past finding the star gate on Iapetus. the dreams we had
sacrificed tithe screaming of the mob and the weak-kneed trembling of
politicians.

It seems we are on the timeline set by John Wyndham (The Outward Urge),
with a Mars landing in 2094, rather than one in the early part of this
century.