Yep! They thought Venus might be habitable too. When The War of the Worlds aired, listeners (who missed the disclaimer) thought it was real and panicked.
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Jimbo@yiffit.net 3 months agomy childhood was at the tail end of society wondering if there were martians living on Mars
As a younger person… was this thought of as a real possibility by some people? I find that hard to believe
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Idk if adults believed it was a real possibility, but us kids having read The Martian Chronicles certainly did.