Inspired by NASA''s human spaceflight programs, a young German authoress named Christiane Blasius envisaged a manned mission to Mars: An international six-member crew ventures the long, arduous and risky journey to finally face a stunning discovery . Besides technical and astronomical details it was a story about humans, their failings, and the way they surpass themselves sometimes. 22 years later, in 2002, the manuscript was rediscovered and published in Germany. Many ideas described in the book had been realized by then, others were still fiction. Now Christiane Blasius'' old dream has come to the USA. The vision is home at last.