Ingenuity 4-19-21

To Babylonians, Ptolemy (and me), The night sky was a glittering sea. They called them all stars But (including Mars) These “observers” were startled to see… That charting their heavenly courses And imagining bears, crabs and horses They moved thru the seasons But for confounding reasons Some obeyed differing forces. They called them “Wandering Stars”. (We know planets are now what they are.) But since we conquered the moon, Who’d have thought that so soon, From THEIR faces we'd look back at ours. So transmission lag notwithstanding, The space craft survived thru its landing, But a plan to research From an aerial perch Was at one time beyond understanding. Over six years a drone flight was planned. Could it take off and land on command? NASA asked it to fly And did it comply? TODAY HISTORY WITNESSED FIRSTHAND!