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Red Planet

British  

noun

  1. an informal name for Mars 2

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Imagine arriving on Mars as part of the fourth human mission to the Red Planet and being asked to establish the first self-sustaining food supply for a permanent settlement.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

He said that even just settling a handful of people on the Red Planet is unlikely this century due to unsolved technological and biological challenges.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

A determination to get to the Red Planet “provides the impetus to really create next-level technologies, which is why we’re contemplating nuclear propulsion, because you need that to close those distances.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Musk has spoken of getting humans to the Red Planet before the end of this decade.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026

Once I jumped through it, I’d end up on the Red Planet in the blink of an eye.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

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