In the movie The Martian, the main character, Mark Watney, gets left behind on Mars. With very limited supplies and no way of communication, he has to figure out a way to survive. What if this were to happen in real life? What would happen if someone actually got stranded on Mars? Well, fortunately, the chances of this happening are very small. Astronauts are prepared for a large number of worst-case scenarios. Astronauts are usually tethered to the spacecraft with steel cables that can support 1,100 pounds. This prevents them from drifting off. In the case that the tether fails, each astronaut is equipped with a backpack filled with nitrogen that can propel them back to safety. If that fails too, astronauts go through massive amounts of training so they can act immediately in case of danger. …show more content…
What then? In order to survive humans need access to water, some type of food source, oxygen, and an atmosphere that can keep out anything harmful such as radiation. Earth’s atmosphere is made up of about 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 0.93% argon, and 0.04% carbon dioxide. Mars’s atmosphere isn’t suitable enough for any of that to exist. Its atmosphere is 100 times thinner than Earth’s and is therefor too thin to support life. Its made up of 95.32% carbon dioxide, 2.7% nitrogen, 1.6% argon, 0.13% oxygen, and 0.08% carbon monoxide. As you can see, there’s a huge difference. The levels that Mars has creates an environment not suitable for life. So if someone were to be stranded on Mars, there would be no way to survive for very long on their
In the book The Martian by Andy Weir, Mark Watney is thought to be dead and left on Mars after a sandstorm during Sol 6. Mark has to survive with what’s left on mars and through many obstacles and tribulations in his fight to survive. The way Mark’s character broadens from start to finish shows that Mark is witty, rational, and driven.
Also, if they are going to even consider sending people into space they need to double check and triple check everything on that spacecraft. They should, also, test the spacecraft, spaces suits, hab, etc. before they go and send LIVE people into outer space. It is not fair that families have to worry if their loved ones will even come home after traveling into space. It is not fair that the space crew has to worry if they will even make it back to the ship alive because they are traveling to a place that is not even relevant to anyone or anything that we do on
The air in Mars is really thin and if there was any liquid on mars it would all boil through. There is low oxygen and it is impossible to breath. The martian clouds contain crystals of water ice. The air is so thin That water droplets cannot form in Mars Atmosphere. Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth, Scientist measured if you times Mount Everest three times it would equal how the air is on Mars. When the air is that thin water can boil at low temperatures and near its freezing
Living on Mars is nearly impossible, especially with limited food, water, and lack of communication. For Astronaut Mark Watney, this newfound isolation was his life for the span of a year. All of Earth thought he was dead. In fact, his funeral had already taken place. Somehow though in a miraculous fashion, Watney was able to survive his seemingly tragic fall, and stay alive in the heart of a dust storm. With the rest of his crew leaving and sending out reports that he had died, not only was Watney alone, but nobody even suspected he had a chance of being alive. Fortunate for Watney, he was an expert in botany and chemistry. These fields of science were able to benefit him greatly in growing more food, and figuring out how to keep himself hydrated.
The Martian is about an astronaut, Mark Watney, who gets stranded on the surface of Mars for over 500 days without anyone knowing, at first. He has to survive in the martian atmosphere by creating his own water and even growing his own plants! Mark sets out from his HAB on a rover to travel a distance to an old rover named Sojourner. He brings back Sojourner hoping to connect communication with Earth. Mark soon becomes low on supplies and needs help soon. Will Mark achieve communication with Earth and miraculously get rescued?
Mark Watney said the above lines on the first page of Andy Weir’s bestselling novel The Martian. If anybody were to be stranded on Mars by themselves, they would have the exact same reaction. Many people would panic and give up hope right away, but a very small amount people would calm themselves down, take inventory of their supplies, and try to solve the problem of being stuck on Mars. Mark Watney was one of the few people that would calm themselves down after the initial panic and use their personal traits to solve the problem at hand. Mark Watney used his intelligence, resourcefulness, and even amazing sense of humor to make it off Mars with very little
Within our Solar System lies an abundance of planets, each with their own unique characteristics, including the Terrestrial planets of Venus, Earth, and Mars who vary in many aspects but, most importantly, their atmosphere.
Round 2: The number of the remaining applicants gets narrowed down by Mars One experts to only two candidates. At this stage, they’re required to submit a medical statement proving that they’ve met all the requirements. In addition, they’re also asked to study some materials for one to one interviews, where they’ll be asked questions about what they studied and what motivates them the most to be
“I think humans will reach Mars, and I would like to see it happen in my lifetime” was said by Buzz Aldrin, a NASA astronaut. The former American aeronaut from Montclair, New Jersey believes that since Mars does exist, it is waiting to be reached by humans. When this would happen, he says that the human race would “evolve into a two-planet species.” Present day Mars has a lot of canyons, mountains and volcanoes. Even though the surface is Mars is very old, scientists learned about different younger rift valleys, plains, hills and ridges. According to recent reports, there were lakes and rivers, along with an ocean billions of years ago. The low temperatures on the planet cause there to be polar ice caps and frozen water present. Scientists continue to notice several discoveries on the planet that lead them to think there was once life on the planet. Different clues have scientists wanting to find out about even more. Many scientists in the past few centuries have been curious if life on Mars is possible or if it has ever been before.
“The needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many” -Captain Kirk, Star Trek. In this weeks reading of The Martian, this idea is communicated in the story that saving one person is more important than saving many people.
On the contrary, as limited as they are, the astronauts are challenged to get to Earth safely
Because of the large extent of greed that the humans had towards the planet Mars. The human practically wiped out the human race, and it all started because they were greedy and wanted Mars to themselves. Just like Tom had to lose his life to other people’s greed, so did millions of Martians, because of the greedy humans who were oblivious and insensible to the impact it would have on
Scientists have dreamt over the possibility that it may be possible to live on another planet. Some think that Mars has that potential to support life, if it's hidden resources are uncovered and exploited to their full potential. There is even evidence that it once contained enough water that it had been possible to hold life. Think about it, what if we could transform it into such a place, even if only our children's children get to see any result? The following will describe Mars, present evidence of ice and water, give possible ideas for the future exploration of Mars, and give reasons for why it is important.
Mars, the beautiful red planet, is the most similar planet to earth. The terrain in general is very close to what we are used to on earth, minus the vegetation. Earth and Mars both contain polar ice caps. Mars also has water throughout the planet, but it is mostly subsoil.
...ws radiation from the sun to expose the surface of the planet, adding to environment changes. If life exists on Mars today, it is most likely hiding beneath the surface. Over the past four billion years Earth has had many rocks blown from the surface of Mars, after much research, scientists say that of the thirty-four meteorites, three have the potential to carry evidence of past life on Mars (Carey, 2006). Researches have gathered evidence and continue to explore for life outside of Earth. Earth has provided these scientists with enough knowledge to understand the components needed to sustain life, therefore any research found is compared to the knowledge already understood about life on Earth. Earth is home to billions of plants, animals, bacteria and all types of living things, it is where human beings have evolved and adapted making this planet our home.