In 1949, rocket scientist Wernher von Braun wrote a science fiction book about humanity's first mission to Mars. Von Braun put his considerable technical knowledge to use in writing Project Mars: A Technical Tale. In his story, set in the 1980s, ten large space ships make the journey, a project which required "upwards of 1,000 flights into Earth's orbit" in order to "build, supply and fuel these ten ships, and it is an international, cooperative project." By chapter 22 of von Braun’s novel, the human visitors have discovered a peaceful indigenous civilization that resides underground on Mars (remembering when he wrote it, little was known about the planet’s habitability). And then, in chapter 24 , we are given an outline of how Mars is governed by this civilization. It’s here that we come across a wonderfully surprising discovery: The Martian government was directed by ten men, the leader of whom was elected by universal suffrage for five years and enti...
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