The theme of colonizing Mars replaced stories about native inhabitants of the planet in the second half of the 1900s following emerging evidence of the planet being inhospitable to life, eventually confirmed by data from Mars exploration probes. A significant minority of works persisted in portraying Mars in a nostalgic way that was by then scientifically outdated, including Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles.
The theme of colonizing Mars replaced stories about native inhabitants of the planet in the se?cond half of the 1900s following emerging evidence? of the planet being inhospitable to life, eventually confirmed by data from Mars exploratio!n probes. A significant minority of works persisted in portraying Mars in a nostalgic way that was by then s!ci?entifically outdated, including Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles.