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I was absolutely delighted to learn the scientists & engineers who put Mars Curiosity down, named that stretch of Martian dirt for Ray Bradbury<\/a>. <\/p>\n

I think he would have appreciated it.<\/p>\n

I know I do\u2026<\/p>\n

Bradbury dreamed something, a human dream.<\/p>\n

An ancient dream.<\/p>\n

God, I love NASA and the human dream that drives us toward the planets<\/p>\n

and the stars\u2026<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Happy birthday, Ray!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was absolutely delighted to learn the scientists & engineers who put Mars Curiosity down, named that stretch of Martian dirt for Ray Bradbury. I think he would have appreciated it. I know I do\u2026 Bradbury dreamed something, a human dream. An ancient dream. God, I love NASA and the human dream that drives us […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Bradbury on Mars<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I was absolutely delighted to learn the scientists & engineers who put Mars Curiosity down, named that stretch of Martian dirt for Ray Bradbury. 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