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- adjective astronomy Alternative capitalization of
Martian , "of or pertaining to the planet Mars".
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Examples
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Marvin the martian is the best charecter ever i got lots of figures tshirts jeans plush toys cards money box i could go on i cait wait to see it random on Jul 31, 2008
Warner Brothers Developing Marvin the Martian Movie « FirstShowing.net 2008
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If VR gloves can do all that - and I'm sure they can - why not have more people in martian orbit?
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And lunar/martian is a much larger leap in tech, operational complexity, crew psychology, and, as Mr. Wingo notes, cost.
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Current and upcoming missions to Mars hope to find some sign of past or present life in martian soil.
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"I believe it's roughly a 50/50 chance that young children now alive will walk on martian meadows ... will swim in martian lakes," Wood said.
June 25th, 2007 2007
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Same with the idea of martian bacteria being pathogenic to humans or other Earth-bound creatures – why would a bacteria that has evolved in isolation for potentially hundreds of millions of years in a freezing, high CO2, high radiation, extremely salty etc etc environment suddenly just happen to be able to infiltrate the human body, use our cells for their own sinister purposes and give us horrible new forms of hemorrhagic fever or something?
Bacteria Could Survive in Martian Soil | Universe Today 2009
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You know what black people call a martian manhunter?
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Crew members wearing space suits survey the 'martian' landscape during an EVA
Home | Mail Online 2009
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At the risk of confusion with my own name, I think "martian" should be capitalized
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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My head's still fucked, I'm still depressed, and I'm fairly certain I've got some kind of martian space-virus from hell.
Mental Nurse 2009
vanishedone commented on the word martian
Also real people who live on Mars. (Partly because being real or imaginary doesn't seem to be properly definitive; partly because someday there may be colonies and whatnot.)
November 29, 2007
sionnach commented on the word martian
Have a nice Martian day
January 31, 2009
reesetee commented on the word martian
Amazing.
February 1, 2009
rolig commented on the word martian
I agree, Rt. The caption on the picture Sionnach linked to says this crater is still unnamed. I find that amazing, too. Obviously it's Happy Face Crater!
February 1, 2009