Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Pakati pemipiro yaSchiaparelli pane zvaakacherechedza Mars neteresikopu. Mukucherechedza kwake kwokutanga, akatumidza "makungwa" ne"makondinendi" eMars. Mukati me"Kupikisa Kukuru" kwepasi muna 1877, akacherechedza mambure akawandisa ezvivakwa zvakatwasuka pamusoro peMars izvo zvaakadana kuti "canali" muchiItaly, zvichireva kuti "nzira" asi izwi racho rakashandurwa zvisirizvo muChirungu se "nzira". Nepo izwi rokuti "nzira" richiratidza kuvaka kwekugadzira, shoko rokuti "nzira" rinoreva kuti zvinhu zvakacherechedzwa zvaiva zvimiro zvepanyama zvepasi. Kubva pakushandurwa kusina kururama kweshoko rokuti "migero", pfungwa dzakasiyana-siyana dzakaitwa pamusoro poupenyu paMars; sezvo pfungwa idzi dzakapararira, "migero" yeMars yakava yakakurumbira, ichiita kuti pave nemafungu ezvokufungidzira, kufungidzira, uye ngano pamusoro pokukwanisa kwoupenyu hwakanaka paMars, vaMartian. Pakati pavatsigiri vanoshingaira zvikurusa vefungidziro yemigero yokunyepedzera akanga ari nyanzvi yenyeredzi yeAmerica Percival Lowell, uyo akapedza rutivi rukuru rwoupenyu hwake achiedza kubvumikisa kuvapo kwoupenyu hunofunga papuraneti tsvuku. Pashure porufu rwaLowell muna 1916, vazivi venyeredzi vakatanga kubvumirana vachipesana nefungidziro yemigero, asi pfungwa yakakurumbira yemigero yeMartian yakacherwa nevanhu vakangwara veMartian yakaramba iri mundangariro dzevanhu kwehafu yekutanga yezana ramakore rechi20, uye yakafuridzira muviri wemabasa ezvinyorwa zvesayenzi zvekare.  Mubvunzo: Ndiani akafunga nezvenyaya iyi?
Percival Lowell