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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Think about that though. I guess it's no big deal to younger people since Mars has been reachable for their whole life, but the fact that we have robots on Mars taking pictures of a solar eclipse and sending it back to earth is just amazing to me! Mars was a huge mystery when I was a kid. Heck, my childhood was at the tail end of society wondering if there were martians living on Mars.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

my childhood was at the tail end of society wondering if there were martians living on Mars

As a younger person.. was this thought of as a real possibility by some people? I find that hard to believe

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Idk if adults believed it was a real possibility, but us kids having read The Martian Chronicles certainly did.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Yep! They thought Venus might be habitable too. When The War of the Worlds aired, listeners (who missed the disclaimer) thought it was real and panicked.