Show LI E IN L MARS MARSI If I There Tee Are Ae Human HU Beings eg There They Te Are Ar Probably Giants tona Review Mars Mam possesses p esses so 60 man many features in common with wit the te earth eath that tat it i Is im un impossible impossible possible to resist the the thought that it itao also ao has inhabitants This The Thi is however by no means mens equivalent to saying that tat Martian folk are constituted in the same way wy as human huan beings ben indeed every ever consideration points point to the con contrary cn contrary Whatever exists on Mars Mar must be much thinner than tha ours our and far fa too to rare to sustain the life of ofa ofa ofa a people with wit our limited lung lung capacity A race with wih immense chests ch t could live lve under uner such sC conditions or a folk with wih gills gis like fishes could pass a comfort comfortable coor comfortable able ale existence in spite spie of the rarefied air The character charter of life anywhere is is in fact fac molded molde by b the external eternal circum circumstances circumstances stances stace and ad as ox these tee are ae known to be different on Mars Mare Man from what they are on the te earth Martian Marta inhabitants must I have hae developed peculiar characteristics In order to adapt themselves to their forms of life can CP u able of or flourishing in attenuated air ar have survived while ie those tose rew denser air have dropped out of exist existence existence ou e ence The tent of oth the atmosphere or of o oMa Mars Ma is i s not nt the only fact Which sug sg suggests J gest that the inhabitants of that planet lanet are ae not nt fashioned after ater the te o image imae 4 of if man ma It I is known kow beyond the possibility of doubt that the te force for p it which a substance Is attracted to the te surface of Mars Mara Mar is s but but little more than thana th a third as a strong as a it is i on the te earth e or to express eress the te point in figures figur 10 pounds puos on the te earth eat would only ony i pounds pu on Mars Ma if tested tee in n a a spring balance In I consequence of this his tha weaker we er pull Dul it i would be b possible v vor for or a human humn being beng to t perform astonish astonishing at jag ing in feats fet on Mars Mar without excessive muscular exception A man ma who cu jup lump five feet here could cold top tp fifteen feet fet there thee he could lift lt 3 pounds by putting out the same sae strength as a It i re required r required to t raise Tie 10 pounds steg on the te earth er he could cd spring pring across acs a road r as a easily ely elya as a he lie e now leaps over ove a mud puddle and anda ad ada a a couple of o bounds bou would woud carry C hint him h to tote the te top t of a flight of stairs stirs But Bu paradoxical as a It 1 may my seem sem the smaller manlier saHer a a planet and ad consequently the less leE the pull pul of gravity at at its sur s face face the the greater geater is tile the te probability that tat its Is inhabitants are ar giants compared ga with us Terrestrial giants gat are Me generally genea weak in the knees kee they are crushed by t y their own ow weight But on Mars M i they the would only ony weigh onet as a much much and a would woud therefore be b able ale to move about in a sprightly fashion faO so s that tt a nimble an elephant elepha animal there thee might be b quite quie |