Part 73 - A New President 1996 ended the presidency of George Bush,
Hope for conservative that Bob Dole be nominate as Candidate for elections, were brutal crushed !
The Vice President had provoked disputes during the President Bush second term, about political matter, what damage Bob Dole reputation in Capitol Hill.
But the stab in back came as during republican convention as President Bush in a public speech not recommended Dole as candidate !
The next scandal was conservative replacement candidate David Duke, the head of Louisiana Ku Klux Klan !!
Because the conservative fraction, has problems with leadership, Ronald Reagan suffer off Alzheimer disease, but stuck on Position,
The Koch brothers who support the conservatives, had died in Aircraft crash in 1992.
This let to rise of David Duke at conservatives republicans. it tarnish the Republicans reputation in eye of US voter for coming years.
in end Pat Buchanan was nominated as candidate with Jack Kemp as Vice Candidate.
The Democrats nominated Al Gore and Bill Clinton as vice president, And there was Ross Perot.
A Texan billionaire, he enter the race as independents candidate with loose connection to Republicans.
Actually Al Gore won with smallest margin in Popular votes-
The Republicans disputed this, demanding recounts and even ende at Supreme Court, decision Buchanan v. Gore
Gores presidency feature allot gaff Like „
his discovery" of…
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ALH84001 There was stone that lied on ice in Antarctica, found by American meteor hunters in 1984.
To their surprise it was from Mars, catapult by meteor strike into space, driftet there until it hit Earth south pole.
it was handed over to NASA and stored als Mars Sample with ARES missions samples.
On August 6, 1996, a team of scientist led by David. S. Mckay, announced they found another sample of fossils bacteria !
The Ares 1 return with samples from german Rover Moritz, show also evidence of fossils bacteria.
In begin 1990s disputed and debated, let new discovery to media storm and Al Gore gaff, to label it as „
his discovery“ in the Press conference…
Their problem was were to look for origin of ALH84001, but they knew were rover Moritz collect his sample, 8 km north of Ares 1 landing site.
Ares 7/8 were already on way to Mars and had other landing side were Astronauts were trained for.
NASA proposed Ares 9/10 Mission would land were Moritz collect it sample.
But there was problem, Ares 7/8 were the last US manned Mars mission,
Capitol Hill was unwilling to finance another Ares mission and focus funding on Moonbase Alpha.
Ares 7/8 target were Mars Vulcan area of Hadriacus Mons, inside its Caldera of 90 km diameter !
Already two german rover were exploring the Caldera taking samples and found two safe landing site for MEM
Novum on Mission was that two vulcanologist were on board to study Hadriacus Mons.
The return trip of Mars expedition happen malfunction of Life-support system of Ares 8 after Venus Swing-by in January 1998.
it crew was force to evacuated to Ares 7 and put the spacecraft on remote control.
both spacecraft and crews return save to Earth orbit
The investigation into failure of Ares Life-support system show result of sloppy quality control on piece used on that system.
Someone in Gore Administration came up with alternative, the Soviets still send manned mission to Mars.
So why not put NASA astronaut On Aelita mission to Mars ? sell to Soviets as peaceful Cooperation !
The Soviets were interested to land near Ares 1 and explore the area for those „Biomorphs“ how they called them.
However the Soviet exploited this political under „See the Soviet union bring US-Astronaut to Mars“
President Gore made situation not better, as he gaff in speech about USA-USSR join Mars mission, labeled the Astronaut as „
fellow passenger“.
For NASA things became complicated since Soviets insist on some rules:
One:
The US Astronaut will fly under SOVCOSMOS Intercosmo program as Guest Cosmonaut. Two:
He/Her must understand, read and write Russian language. Three:
Candidates training happens in Starcity in USSR, after that one will be selected for flight Four:
He/Her fly with Soviet Hardware only, every NASA equipment to be use, needed first examination and tested by SOVCOSMOS in USSR.Since the Soviets had skip the launch window for Mars on Ares 7/8, because Aelita ship transport heavy equipment from earth to Moon orbit for the Zvezda Moonbase.
Was next Aelita Mission now planned for launch 1997 and return end 1998/begin 1999
From US candidates SOVCOSMOS took Jerry M. Linenger and David Wolf as his backup and send the rest home.
Aelita-4 mission left earth in January 1997, equip like Aelita-2 with cargo lander with pressurised rover and Manned lander
While a series Marschod rover inspected the area and took samples.
December 1997 Aelita-4 enter Mars orbit drop the Cargo lander follow by manned soviet MPK.
Linenger became the „
Last American on Mars“ by world media, the Crew collected the samples from Marschod and prepared the Rover for travel.
The first drive took them to area were Rover Moritz, found it sample, here soviet geologist found bunch of strange rock formation, were she drill core samples out.
Another trip took them to Ares 1 landing site, opposite to Apollo 15 and Soyuz 24 controversy, the Soviet was ask by NASA to take samples from MEM remains.
After 8 years the landing site had change the NASA hardware was cover in dust and most foot prints fade away under sand.
The crew took parts left behind by the Ares-1 crew return to MPK and return after 30 day on surface.
Aelita-4 left Mars and on way home, drop two french ballon probe Montgolfier 4&5 into Venus atmosphere and history books…
The Geological result were revelation:
That strange rock formation was full of fossils bacteria structure like Stromatolites.
it was remains of Lifeforms long gone and dead since 2 billion years.
They evolved and thrive in shallow oceans of Mars until the Planet start to change into dry wasteland around 2 billion years ago.
There were unable to adapt to new situation and died.
Mars was a Dead world. Mankind thinking on tragedy of Mars life, questioning is there other life in Solarsystem and on increasing number of exoplanets too ?
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