At Dyess Air Force Base, the Airman on the switchboard in the Comm Center answered the "Military Affiliated Radio System" (MARS) with: "MARS Station, Airman Smith speaking."

There was as a gasp on the other end, then a woman's voice said, "Good Heavens! I must have mis-dialed. I didn't even know we had people stationed on Mars now anyway." And she hung up.


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