Dear Mr. President Obama:
Good morning, actually I am not sure what time will be when you see this letter, I mean, you not even going to see this letter anyway, but I still want to say "Good morning" as my respect to you. My name is Hongyu Leng, a 8th grader who is studying in Arcadia Foothills Middle School right now. I am writing this letter for two main purposes. The first, I want to persuade you to send human to Mars. And the second, I can earn my Science grades from this letter. Evan the most important point of this letter is to earn my Science grades and you not going to see this letter anyway, I will focus on it just like you will read this letter, which means I will try my best.
Again, this letter is use to make you, I mean, persuade you to sent human to Mars and sure I have some reasons for it. Let me make a summary for you first, please. I got three main reasons here: first, if U.S. government can get on Mars first, that will be a big proud for citizens; second, if scientists can get on Mars then they can do many researches that the robots can not do; and the third reason, we can set up colonies there.
Nation's proud. Imagine that when you send the first human to Mars, and that guy is American, he landed, then send back the first massage with LOL, everyone begin yelling your name aloud, big parties everywhere, and put your name in both history and science text book... Newspapers around this world will be all talking about American spaceship sending people to Mars and admire to it, at that time I bet every American citizen will be saying: "Oh, I am so happy that I am an American!"
Second, send scientist to Mars will help research. Robot can use their arms to research somrthing and take pictures, but they can't done evry fine works. But human beings are totally different, unlike robots act with programs, we can think in our own mind, make decitions by our own. Scientists can done amazing researches on Mars I believe. Someone may say that how the scientist come back. Well, how about we keep sending people to there so they won't be alone. And I think the sacrifice is necessary, we will remember their names forever, and look back in the history, so many mainingful sacrifices improved human evolution so much!
The last reason, set up colonies. You know, the Earth is being more sick now: natural resources became less and less; Greenhouse Effect, to many people, desertification, natural disasters... The Earth will die and not good for human to live one day, so that is important for human to find a new planet to live. Maybe hundreds years later, most human moved on Mars, and kids born there will learn lessons about how America's President Obama sent the first people to Mars and saved human. That will be pretty cool, right? I also know that will cost a lot of money, but think abou that, just being a little poor right now, than our posterity can live on another planet with happiness and no contamination!
In conclution, we should begin sending brave people to Mars, for our nation, for human evolution, for our posterity! At last, hope your great-great-great-grandson and my great-great-grandson can live on Mars and see two moons at a time. And hopefully I can have a good grade for this letter.
Yours sincerely,
Ryder Leng
2013/1/23
