"Danny Goes to Mars" is a science fiction short story by American writer Pamela Sargent.
It was first published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, in October 1992.
After new developments in rocket propulsion enable a trip to Mars to be completed in weeks instead of months, Vice-President Dan Quayle is persuaded to join the crew of the first mission — and becomes its sole survivor.
[3] The Sun-Sentinel considered it to be "affectionate", noting that although "Sargent gently mocks Quayle's intellectual and spiritual limitations", she also portrays him as having genuine courage;[4] similarly, Mark Pitcavage considered Quayle "a likeable and earnest dimbulb".
[5] Geoffrey Landis, writing in 1993, described it as "amusing (but) outdated".