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2021 Is ‘the Year Mars Gets Competitive’

RED DAWN

Years of work by three countries are coming to a head on the Red Planet in the span of just a few days in early 2021.

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The coming year could be pretty bleak here on Earth as the economy tries to recover from the pandemic and vaccine-distribution hits snag after snag.

But in space, 2021 promises to be a banner year.

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