I am very much pro space exploration, but the current plans many companies present for Mars colonies just seem like they would add very little value, while bringing tremendous danger and strife for the inhabitants, should anything ever be built.

I think we need to separate legitimate interest in space and related technology from bullshit marketing with scifi flavour.

• A rat done bit my sister Nell
• With whitey on the moon
• Her face and arms began to swell
• And whitey's on the moon
• I can't pay no doctor bills
• But whitey's on the moon
• Ten years from now I'll be payin' still
• While whitey's on the moon
• The man just upped my rent last night
• Cause whitey's on the moon
• No hot water, no toilets, no lights
• But whitey's on the moon
• I wonder why he's upping me?
• Cause whitey's on the moon?
• Well I was already giving him fifty a week
• With whitey on the moon
• Taxes taking my whole damn check
• Junkies making me a nervous wreck
• The price of food is going up
• And as if all that shit wasn't enough:
• A rat done bit my sister Nell
• With whitey on the moon
• Her face and arm began to swell
• And whitey's on the moon
• Was all that money I made last year
• For whitey on the moon?
• How come I ain't got no money here?
• Hmm! Whitey's on the moon
• Y'know I just 'bout had my fill
• Of whitey on the moon
• I think I'll send these doctor bills
• Airmail special
• To whitey on the moon

Whitey on the Moon - Gil Scott-Heron