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Marsbound
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English
Alternative forms
en Mars-bound Mars bound
Etymology
From en Mars -bound.
Adjective
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Heading towards the planet Mars.
en 7 https://archive.org/details/bwb_S0-AUS-020/page/6/mode/2up?q=Marsbound Average Size had probably been boasting, telling everyone how lucky he was to be on the passenger list of the next Marsbound rocket. Mars is My Destination Frank Belknap Long 1962 Pyramid Books New York
en 148 https://archive.org/details/bwb_T5-CUR-895/mode/2up?q=Marsbound I was hoping to see the Earth, but I figured it must be on the other side of the ship or behind us. I pressed my nose against the port and saw the tiny flicker of a spaceliner taking off, Marsbound, I wished I was on that one! The Square Root of Man William Tenn 1968 Ballantine Books New York
en 27 https://archive.org/details/astronomy-vol.-50.10-october-2022/Astronomy%2C%20vol.%2050.09%20%28September%202022%29/page/26/mode/2up?q=Marsbound Also during the cruise, the Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) measured radiation levels inside a Marsbound space-craft for the first time. This complex, car-sized rover remains one of our best tools on the martian surface. Ben Evans Astronomy 50 9 Sep 2022