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Letter: Boldly to set sail for lands unknown

Published 3 June 2015

From Andy Bebington

Many explorers and sailors will have kept journals. Is there nothing in the records they left behind which can throw light on the issues facing those heading for Mars and elsewhere?
London, UK

Issue no. 3024 published 6 June 2015

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