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Letter: Terraforming Mars in the style of science fiction

Published 5 September 2018

From Bryn Glover, Kirkby Malzeard, North Yorkshire, UK

I was surprised to read that “we” (whoever that might be) have ever dreamed of converting Mars into an Earth-like world (4 August, p 6). No one – surely – has ever really proposed this as a practical possibility, outside the realms of science fiction. Have they?

Issue no. 3194 published 8 September 2018

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