Setting sights on Mars — a half-century ago
Excerpt from the November 28, 1964, issue of Science News Letter
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RED PLANET ASPIRATIONS Fifty years ago, the Space Sciences Board has recommended that the United States make Mars, not the moon, its main concern in space.
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