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Some Exciting Day

Some exciting day men will really land on Mars. Who knows what they will find? Right now we can only use our imaginations.

When Mars swings nearest to us—as it will again in 1971—it is 35 million miles away! Still scientists keep trying from Earth to find out what they can about the “red planet.”

They know that Mars is smaller than Earth. They know the Mars year is longer than ours, for Mars is farther from the sun and so takes longer to go round the sun that Earth does. They know that Mars has seasons just as the Earth does. And through telescopes they have plainly see the two icy polar caps of Mars.

But—is there life on Mars? Can plants grow? Are there any living creatures?

Some exciting day, when we get our space vehicle on Mars, we may know the answer.