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Show WHO INHABITS THE PLANET "MARS"? The planet Mars, which is. usually usual-ly more than 250,000,000 miles from the earth, is now only about 38.000,000 miles distant and, consequently, con-sequently, astronomers are interested inter-ested in the "close" visit of the planet about which there has been so much speculation. Human beings have wondered whether the planet is inhabited by other beings, similar to us. There has been speculation about "canals" "can-als" and the existence of certain green areas on the planet. However, How-ever, as Mars approximates a des-. ert planet, with little water on its surface, it would be a wild presumption pre-sumption to conclude that life, as it exists among the human race, is on the planet. At this stage of man's knowledge, know-ledge, we know very little about the universe. We should not concern con-cern ourselves too much with the possible existence of human beings on the planets. Rather, we might spend our speculative time in considering con-sidering the possible existence of other forms of life, capable of existence ex-istence under conditions which seem to be on the planet. |