A Letter for
Young Historians

When we decided to create this issue on the space race I was so excited. When I was 10 years old, I decided that I wanted to be an astronomer and tried to learn everything I could about the stars, planets, galaxies, and space. My parents even bought me a very large telescope to help fuel my passion. Sadly, trying to stargaze in a huge city like Los Angeles proved to be extremely difficult.

Another reason I was excited to work on this issue is because my grandpa helped develop technology for the lunar landers and, from what my Nana has told me, my Papa’s fingerprints are still on the Moon! Writing and doing the research for this issue meant a lot to me from the very start and I hope you enjoy reading this issue as much as I loved creating it.

As you will learn in this issue, we are currently in a new space race. This race, however, involves getting mankind to our neighboring planet: Mars. Different people are trying to reach Mars for different reasons, but ultimately, just like man getting to the Moon, it will be a major success for the human race.

It is incredible to think that, in our lifetime, men and women could
be taking the first steps on the Red Planet, changing history forever.
It seems like we keep setting our sights further and further into the cosmos, opening up new opportunities for science and technology.
We are currently living in a moment that will be in the history books and, who knows, maybe one day you will be telling your grandchildren about the time you saw the first human land on Mars. It’s an important time in history, young historians, remember it and savor every little bit!