Dear Lucy, it’s been 10 years now. I am happy to say that I will be transported back to Earth in some days, but the trip is long. I am sorry I didn’t say this to you earlier, but I wanted it to be a surprise. Every night I keep thinking of you and the kids. I miss you guys so much! My little Joshua will be 20 years old when I am home!
I think I am starting to become a little crazy up here, but apart from that that I feel great. I have been a little depressed the last few months, but my mindset and motivation got back to normal when I found out I would be leaving soon. After all these years up here, I think I have become more grateful for what we have, and I have started to realize how much we have discovered these last years. I am currently feeling satisfied up here, but my friends are unsatisfied. Mick just found out that his mother passed away! So, I would say the atmosphere between all of us is bad and decreasing. It might even be miserable.
We have grown lots of plants and vegetables here. We have even built a couple of houses and restaurants. Unfortunately, our production started decreasing 2 years ago because we all lost our motivation, but we still have enough supplies and food for the next 6 months. Even though I feel satisfied up here, I am looking forward to leaving. Me and my friends haven’t really been talking to each other lately. They all seem irritated by small things, like what we should eat for breakfast. Nobody would guess that being antisocial would affect us that much. I don’t think it’s good to be on Mars for this long. You just completely forget what it’s like living with a civilization and a society down on Earth.
I am still not sure if this trip to Mars was worth it. I think we have accomplished great things here! Filip is still bragging about the statue he made of us. I think the statue looks great, but I don’t look that old, do I? Even though Filip is the funny guy in the group, he is very ominous. Each time he goes to get some more fuel for the range rovers, he gets harsh and criticize us which just lower the motivation even more. He is just a cold person. The living conditions are strange up here as well. Before Mars I was lazy and didn’t have to do anything myself, while up here on Mars you must do everything yourself. It can be everything from fixing solar panels to growing plants. So, each morning is a struggle. It’s so unexciting doing the same things every day. Each morning we all must wake up at 7 AM to water plants, make food, check the solar panels, check the energy levels, the water levels and the oxygen levels. We even have to check the weather! But the only thing holding my motivation up is you guys! Each time I think of you guys, I work harder and more effective.
As I wrote earlier in this letter, we have made some houses and restaurants. Currently we are trying to build an entire city, but it goes pretty slow up here when I am the only one who has any motivation left. Some of the restaurants aren’t exactly weatherproof either. When we started building the restaurants, we didn’t have much building materials because we used lots of it to make the houses as powerful and strong as possible, so we improvised. So, if a storm is coming, there is a slight chance that some of the restaurants will fall. We used some months to make those restaurants even though they are small, so I am going to be upset if the restaurants fall. I don’t think it will help the group motivation at all. Fortunately, we now have mined and gotten some materials from the surface of Mars. We are possibly going to use the materials to build better roads. My own personal robot Jake helps the group with the building plans. It is one of the most advanced personalized robots in the world.
Many of us have also started to get sick. I don’t think the human body can live with less gravity over time. It’s like the body is overproducing energy which causes the body to get super tired over time. Happily, none of us have gotten any incurable deceases yet, so all of us will hopefully survive to tell this story back on Earth. When we get sick, the robots usually give us some type of medicine, but it doesn’t help that much to be honest. It helps for a couple of hours maximum, but when the dose runs out, we are even more tired than before meaning that the robots keep giving us more doses. I am not a doctor, but I understand that so much medicine can affect your thinking, and from what I have been reading I think you can start hallucinating and eventually pass out which can be very dangerous if you are out by yourself.
Lucy, if you get this letter. Please don’t ignore it. This will probably be my last letter I can send you. I know you have ignored my previous letters and I know you probably hate me, but please just inform our son, Joshua that his dad will be coming home. I don’t want me and Joshua’s relationship to be ruined. Hopefully you can accept me as well, Lucy.m
Love - Robert.