 How do the Martians reproduce?
"It'll be just like the public going along vicariously. A you-are-there type of report? So I went on the first trip to Mars. Trip time is supposed to take 260 days (that's one way), so we're aimed toward where Mars will be (had better be, or else). A pilot, co-pilot, navigator and biochemist. The inertial gravities didn't bother me so much as the gyroscopic spin they put on the ship so we have a sort of artificial gravity to hold us against the curved floor. They'd have to cover it so I could look out the viewing screen, and they still need it for steering or something. Also, I am one of the first five men in the history of the world to see the opposite side of the Moon, with a bluish blurred crescent beyond it that Pat said was the Earth. Actually, he explained to me, the screen is supposed to keep the image of space locked into place no matter how much we spin. I told him I hoped it didn't mean we'd land on Mars upside down. There's just no awesomeness to it, no sense of depth or immensity. Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With Martian rime, Venusian slime, And a radioactive hoe. I saw Mars on the screen today. Actually, it's we who are coming in sideways.
 The Martians are covered in red scales. The scales are shed. The discarded scales grow into new aliens.
 The Martians are made of sugar. Once the body dissolves in the water a new body forms, like a phoenix rising from the ashes.  The Martians reproduce the same way humans do.  The red scales the Martians leave behind are like eggs. New Martians hatch out of the scales.  The Martians are covered in red scales. The scales are shed. The discarded scales grow into new aliens.