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As the US lands its research craft on Mars, PETER FROST looks at just how anti-science the United States really is
IT’S BEEN a bit crowded around Mars this last month. The US mission Perseverance managed to touch down first.
It was looking for a bit of dried-up pond slime which is where they believe some remains of life on Mars might be found.
Most US citizens, especially Donald Trump’s special species of right-wing racist ignoramus, saw the invasion of Mars as a logical follow-up to the US invasions of Korea, Vietnam, Nicaragua, the moon, etc.
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