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I studied hard, I trained for years. Yay, now I'm an astronaut in space. Argggh, leukemia!

Mark 85

I'll have to reread the book. I thought it was because the Martians hadn't been exposed to measles or any other earth disease so their immune system didn't know to fight it.

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