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Aug 19, 2015 · An epic new trailer for the movie "The Martian" looks even more intense than the last one, and it raises some intriguing questions about the value of human life in space exploration.
Oct 6, 2015 · The awesome new trailer for "The Martian" is full of thrilling and stressful moments, and raises important questions about the value of human life in space exploration. First Trailer...
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Oct 5, 2015 · The catch: The Hab is only equipped with enough food to maintain human life for 31 days, and we soon learn it’ll be years before a group of astronauts will reach Watney. As a result, he says he’ll need to “science the sh--” out of his situation in order to ensure he survives long enough to be rescued.
Sep 22, 2015 · September 22, 2015 at 1:30 pm. Watch the trailer. Scientists are used to suspending disbelief when they go to movies. But The Martian, opening October 2, offers a mostly realistic view of...
- The Landscape
- The Storm
- Space Farming
- Water Recovery
- Habitats
- Space Suits
- Mental Health
Dr. Osterloo gave Scott’s landscape an A+. “The way they laid out the terrain looks really believable,” she told Inverse. “Mars is probably going to have rocky outcrops, like they show — rugged, with a lot of gusts and sands. And I think they got the colors pretty accurate.” Damon’s Mark Watley appears to land in the relatively flat, equatorial reg...
Osterloo isn’t as sure about the huge sandstorm that brings down Watley’s mission. She admits that atmospheric research isn’t her realm of expertise, but she questions what sort of “low-atmopsheric processes” could turn sand grains into projectiles. “I generally don’t think of Mars as having hurricane-force sorts of winds, especially where they lan...
“I am the greatest botanist on this planet,” Watley announces, overlooking his mini-field of potatoes grown in Martian soil. It’s pretty impressive, says Osterloo, considering that the planet’s soil is probably too acidic and devoid of organics to be useful for farming. If we’re ever going to pull off long-term missions to Mars, we’re going to need...
There isn’t much a potato farmer can do with Mars’ meager supply of polar ice, especially when he’s stuck at the equator, so Watley resorts to recycling his sweat and urine into useable H2O using a painfully slow water reclaimer. While there is evidence for liquid water flowsin Martian mountain ranges, says Osterloo, you’d have to dig deep to get t...
In his interview with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, Dr. Green discusses bringing Scott out to the Johnson Space Center to look at the habitats that the space agency has been developing. Scott no doubt took inspiration from NASA’s HERA, or Human Exploration Research Analog — a two-story self-contained habitat complete with living quarters, hygiene modu...
Watley’s space suit, a surprisingly sleek-looking thing, was inspired by NASA’s Z-2 and eXploration prototypes, designed to be flexible and comfortable as well as protective against the red planet’s harsh climate and dusty wind. According to Scott, Watley’s suit is heavy enoughto make up for the lower gravitational pull on Mars.
The best part of The Martian will be the joy of rooting for Matt Damon, Hollywood’s favorite stranded space hero, as he attempts to keep his own spirits high with dorky science quips (“In your face, Neil Armstrong!”) and fleeting contacts with Earth. But it isn’t really clear whether even a trained astronaut would survive, physically or psychologic...
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Aug 25, 2015 · The Martian human habitat in "The Martian" is called the Hab. If it looks familiar, that's because NASA has something very, very close.
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Aug 19, 2015 · This morning, we got a beautiful brand new trailer for Ridley Scott 's The Martian, the upcoming 20th Century Fox sci-fi drama about an astronaut stranded alone on Mars after a catastrophic...
