Modern Day Space In Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles

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In the story “The Martian Chronicles,” By Ray Bradbury, there are many new frontiers that can relate to book The Martian Chronicles, but one seemed to really stand out to me. This stood out to me because of the difference it would make in the world if we did not have it today. The new frontier is modern day space. I came up with three different reasons why modern day space can relate to the book The Martian Chronicles. My reasons are the dangers of space, the benefits of space travel, and the technology used in space travel.
On page 44 of The Martian Chronicles, the character captain John Black says, “As far as we’ve been able to figure, the York expedition exploded the day it reached Mars, killing York and his partner.” What captain John

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