Mark Watney Water Reclaimer Analysis

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When we used our intellectual competence, Mark Watney fixed a water reclaimer, Stone and Watney altered their vehicles for travel, and I fixed a dead battery in a car.
During Sols 117­-118, Mark Watney notices that the water reclaimer is not working properly, so he dismantles the reclaimer and cleans the tubes.​ The water reclaimer should process 20 liters per day, however, it has only been processing 10 liters at most (Weir 151­-152). W​atney did not know that the water evaporating from the plants would contain minerals, and therefore, was unaware that the minerals would get caught in the tubing. The water reclaimer would then not be able to process enough water. Watney takes apart the reclaimer to try to find out what is causing the problem, even though NASA had told him not to. Once he takes it apart, he notices that the tubing is clogged with minerals, and so he cleans the tube (Weir 152-­154). Watney used his botany knowledge to understand why and …show more content…

Watney needs to get to Pathfinder so he can use its radio to contact Earth, but he has no usable method of transportation (Weir 100). Watney uses his engineering skills to make specific rover attachments so that the rover can travel long distances and support his daily life functions. Similarly, Stone needs to get to the Tiangong so she can fly the Shenzhou home, but she has no way of steering the Soyuz directly at the Tiangong because she ran out of fuel. Stone grabbed the fire extinguisher from the ISS and understood the mechanics of how the extinguisher works to help get her exactly to Tiangong. As Watney had to alter his rover to travel to Pathfinder and Stone used a fire extinguisher to get to Tiangong, they used their intellectuality to modify their vehicles for travel, just as I used my intellectuality to help repair a car's dead

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