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a person who settles in a new region
over time the colonists began to sense that they were becoming a people unto themselves
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What would the colonists find upon arrival?
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Elon Musk’s dumbest idea is to send human colonists to Mars, columnist Michael Hiltzik argues.
—Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
The first colonists would encounter a barren landscape without water or breathable atmosphere, bathed in deadly solar and galactic radiation from which Earthbound humans are protected by our planet’s atmosphere and magnetic field.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Elon Musk’s dumbest idea is to send human colonists to Mars, columnist Michael Hiltzik argues.
—Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
The first colonists would encounter a barren landscape without water or breathable atmosphere, bathed in deadly solar and galactic radiation from which Earthbound humans are protected by our planet’s atmosphere and magnetic field.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Colonists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colonists. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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