THERE YOU GO, A BRAND NEW WORLD FOR YOU

This isn't a set design in some motion picture studio in California.  Nor is this CGI.  Rather the robotic Curiosity Rover continues it's trek across the planet Mars to investigate it's surface on behalf of NASA.  We can't get there because NASA is dependent on corporations to build rockets that will transport humans and corporations can't even build a rocket that could take human beings to the International Space Station because such a task is much too hard (Despite NASA once building and owning four space shuttles without much effort).  Anyway, if the human race manages to get to NASA without Mars metaphorically turning red (as well as being literally colored red) because a Russian rocket was needed to actually reach Mars, this is what the first human being on the planet Mars is going to see upon stepping out of the rocket ship.  This isn't science fiction anymore.  This is science fact.

I'm guessing the robotic Curiosity Rover is still occupying (and the only resident of) Gale Crater nearby Aeolis Mons aka Mount Sharp on the planet Mars.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PLANET TATOOINE?

For those who don't watch Star Wars, the planet Tatooine is very important.  Not only is it the home planet for Anakin Skywalker aka Darth Vader, but it's also the home planet for Luke Skywalker too.  And the home that Shmi Skywalker sought refuge into became the home that Luke Skywalker grew up in.  Actually, the planet Tatooine was filmed on location in Muslim Middle Eastern nation of Tunisia.  And when scenes for Star Wars Episode IV---A New Hope wrapped production, the sets were left behind and never torn down.  Scenes from Star Wars Episode II---The Clone Wars was also filmed on the same outdoor Tunisia set pretending to be the planet Tatooine.

 

 That was then and this is now.  Nobody have been attending to the outdoor sets for the planet Tatooine left behind in Muslim Middle Eastern nation of Tunisia.  As a result, the outdoor sets for the planet Tatooine is slowly and gradually rotting away to nothing.  And soon, there will be nothing left, but the faded memories of the film shoot for one of the greatest science fiction movie classics the world has ever known.

What will Luke Skywalker and Han Solo say when they see the damage done to Luke's childhood home?  I know this is all located in the desert, but will it hurt somebody to perform a few cleaning chores on the outdoor sets that film director George Lucas left behind every now and then?

MORE TRAVEL

Gentle Reader, how cool would it be to travel to an extraterrestrial planet.  It would be so cool to stand on the soil of Mars.  Of course, humanity doesn't have the money nor the technology to terraform Mars so that humans could live on it.  However, since Mars has water and a thin human style atmosphere, Mars is easier to build colonies on in comparison to the Moon.  Plus, without any spotted owls in sight, there's no environmental concerns when overbuilding like crazy.  Of course, forest preserves will need to be built on Mars anyway.  Not only for aesthetics, but because carbon dioxide outnumbers oxygen on Mars.  Lots and lots and lots of planets will be needed to even out the imbalance.  Of course, without either money or technology, the human race is nowhere close to putting a United States colony on Mars.  However, it's something the United States will have to do eventually.  I mean, come on, how many red blooded United States residents actually want THE RUSSIANS to grab 100% of Mars soil only for themselves.  Oh come on, Mars won't become 100% Russian.  I mean, there's United States of America robot rovers still rusting away over there.  Still, Russia won't mind using some of those Mars Robot Rovers as a hat stand if all the red blooded United States residents won't fight for 100% control of Mars only for itself. 
Gentle Reader, look at me.  I just instigated a war between the United States of America and Russia over who will have 100% control over Mars. 
As I'm lost in thought about the planet Mars, here are some photos of film and television actress Brea Grant.