"Captain Wubba" wrote in message

So essentially the Mars in use today is the same *design* originally
designed as a bomber, which you incorrectly stated as being
'originally designed' as a troop transport.


Looks like a medium, uniform shade of gray to me. I've done no research
other than read the cited site above, but that refers to the Mars being
"conceived" as a bomber, but delivered as a transport. "Re-design"
apparently occurred *during* the design phase, which could arguably be taken
as no redesign at all. I didn't get the impression that there was ever any
Mars delivered to an end user as a bomber. How gray do you want to get?

JG