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Marsbound en · ADJ

Etymology

From Mars + -bound.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Heading towards the planet Mars.
   • 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! 1968, William Tenn, The Square Root of Man, New York: Ballantine Books, page 148:
   • Also during the cruise, the Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) measured radiation levels inside a Marsbound space-craft for the first time. 2022 September 14, Ben Evans, “This complex, car-sized rover remains one of our best tools on the martian surface.”, in Astronomy, volume 50, number 9, page 27:
   • Average Size had probably been boasting, telling everyone how lucky he was to be on the passenger list of the next Marsbound rocket. 1962, Frank Belknap Long, Mars is My Destination, New York: Pyramid Books, page 7:

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