The Martian Invasions
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HG Wells
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War of the Worlds
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October 30 1938
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Live, newslike radio broadcast of martian invasion. Fooled
a lot of people, causing panic:
Audio Clips:
The
whole audio can be found here. This is totally cool...
Also, Halloween night 11pm on
AM1220 - check it out!
We know the real
story, don't we John Ya-ya?
Yes, we do John Smallberries...
Mariner 4 - Death of the Martians
July 15, 1965: Mariner 4 flyby took pictures of the surface
of Mars
Cratered, moon-like, dead world. Didn't look good for
life...
Mariner 9 - We're not dead yet!
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Okay, well now we see signs of vulcanism, water flow, perhaps
not completely dead...
Resolution of Mariner cameras was few hundred meters.
Could plant life exist (maybe even small animal life)?