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Two-hundred years, two-hundred years, is roughly the age of this great nation, it is relatively young, yet magnificently extraordinary. In two-hundred short years, the United States has become perhaps the greatest country on earth, not by sitting around and waiting, as it has been recently, but by acting and “shooting for the stars”. Mars is greatness waiting to happen, but the United States must once again grab the reins and head in that directions. The United States must keep pushing the boundaries, and it must keep the mindset of Paul Brandt when he said, “Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon” because there is not limit they must keep going they must put footprints on mars. It is crucial that the United States pushes its effort harder in space exploration and sends humanity to Mars in order to get back to the roots of what great nation the people were once proud of, to bring significant progress, to increase its economy, and to build a safety net for all mankind. Recently the United States has taken a backseat to other countries when it comes to great feats, such as the tallest building in the world, the largest city, or the longest bridge. Some might say that these achievements are not super essential as they have no economic advantage, but they are necessary for the sense of their symbolism, symbolism of greatness. The United States can start in reacquiring its acclaimed greatness by achieving one major symbolic feat, traveling to another planet, traveling to Mars, which will show the people of the United States what they were once capable of. Executing this will prove that the United States is still great like it once was not too long ago , in the 1960’s, when it chose to go to the moon... ... middle of paper ... ...n lead the world by creating a secure safety net protecting all mankind from complete extinction. Mars is 35 million miles away from earth which is far more than the average person will travel in an entire lifetime. It would be an exceedingly laborious trial to put an American there, but the United States and its people have the will power and ability to achieve this test of greatness. America must strive for this ambitious aspiration of greatness as they once did fifty years ago when they made a bold pledge, to put a man on the moon by the decade’s end, in order once again to remember why they are great, in order to push ahead to the future, in order to show capitalism works, and in order to protect the human race from any chance of cataclysmic devastation. The United States has the absolute potential it just has to remember, and then it must shoot for Mars.