A utopian civilization of Martians is quickly running out of water and faces its doom. The Mars Leader asks the eminent Martian scientist Clator if more water can be created through weather manipulation. Clator finds the solution impossible with their limited resources. The Mars Leader decides to take a last look at Mars with his assistants. He bemoans the disappearance of the lush forests and inhabitants as they fly along in their Mars Flyers. A scientist Hendru suggests contacting Earth. He says he’s picked up signals from Earth utilizing radio technology and wonders if they might be able to help. The Mars Leader doesn’t know how they could possibly communicate with Earth, and have not yet attained space travel. A scientist Xunra is working on the matter of traversing the vast reaches of space. Hendru suggests printing the English word “water” in the desert large enough for telescopes to see, using the vast stores of “white floss”, an insulating material, laying idle in their stores, along with canal building machines. Setting the plan in motion, they manage an enormous “W”, large enough to be distinguishable on Earth with medium-powered telescopes. They receive a message stating Xunra has completed the spaceship. He says the Martians must leave at once due to the development of dangerous sandstorms on Mars. The “W” signal was seen by astronomers for a few days before it disappeared.
Description A utopian civilization of Martians is quickly running out of water and faces its doom. The Mars Leader asks the eminent Martian scientist Clator if more water can be created through weather manipulation. Clator finds the solution impossible with their limited resources. The Mars Leader decides to take a last look at Mars with his assistants. He bemoans the disappearance of the lush forests and inhabitants as they fly along in their Mars Flyers. A scientist Hendru suggests contacting Earth. He says he’s picked up signals from Earth utilizing radio technology and wonders if they might be able to help. The Mars Leader doesn’t know how they could possibly communicate with Earth, and have not yet attained space travel. A scientist Xunra is working on the matter of traversing the vast reaches of space. Hendru suggests printing the English word “water” in the desert large enough for telescopes to see, using the vast stores of “white floss”, an insulating material, laying idle in their stores, along with canal building machines. Setting the plan in motion, they manage an enormous “W”, large enough to be distinguishable on Earth with medium-powered telescopes. They receive a message stating Xunra has completed the spaceship. He says the Martians must leave at once due to the development of dangerous sandstorms on Mars. The “W” signal was seen by astronomers for a few days before it disappeared.
