Jake Reed
Erika Harnett
ESS 102
13 November 2015
Mars!
It was cold. There were raging winds and subzero temperatures, the result of a pitifully underdeveloped Martian atmosphere. Cutting gusts and the anoxic air made the surface impossible to survive in unassisted. The atmosphere expressed only 600 pascals [1], less than a percent of what was measured on Earth at the time. There was only trace amounts of oxygen in the air, and the temperature was nearly always sub-zero [2.] Most days would be lucky to breach -50°C [3.] But that didn't bother Beau; he knew the surface would be like that from the beginning. Beau was bothered because even buried under 20 feet of Martian topsoil, three feet of reinforced concrete, two blankets and a parka, his
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Warm of course being a relative term. The tepid water falling from the punctuated pipe running the length of the washroom wouldn't be passable in many places; the INSEC bunker was not like many places. It’d been nearly half a year since he’d had his last good, hot shower, in the infirmary of the Independent Nation’s Space Expansion Contingency ship Unconquered, the day before the massive vessel made landfall on Mars. It’d never been an issue for Beau though; as cold as he was in the night, he knew that there were people at home suffering worse than he could imagine. As he quickly rinsed out his short, buzzed hair he considered how each of his problems were blessings that paled in comparison to the famine and unrest sweeping the cities and suburbs of Earth. He hated the introspection that came with a quiet shower, even if it meant a respite from the chilled air awaiting him outside. Beau emerged, free of grime but carrying a lingering guilt. He’d escaped before things were too ugly. He’d enlisted, and excelled as an ensign in an American Army academy. His impressive list of superlatives built during his years at school made him a prime candidate for the admissions process to the INSEC Operative Program. Out of a wide field of applicants, Beau and 49 other exceptional individuals graduated as part of INSEC’s prestigious Operative Group, 11th
The story of The Martian focuses on the obstacles botanist and astronaut Mark Watney must overcome to survive on the planet Mars. His adventure is filled with fictional and non-fictional elements that are most likely difficult for the normal individual to identify what is actually realistic and what is simply fantasy. After taking a closer look, this film contains a lot more realism to actual science and space travel today. This paper will closely analyze and discuss three accuracies and inaccuracies of the film in relation to the content discussed in ESS 102 lectures, labs, and assignments.
“All the facts about Mars are accurate, as well as the physics of space travel the story presents. I even calculated the various orbital paths involved in the story, which required me to write my own software to track constant-thrust trajectories,” Andy Weir on the scientific and mathematical attention to the book The Martian. There is no doubting Andy’s attention to detail. He used his dreams to create a story and backed it up with hard facts. Drew Goddard’s film adaptation, however, lacked a moral judgement in keeping the ending honest. He failed to incorporate the facts which Mark Watney clearly explained in the novel. Finally, the emotions towards the main character, Mark Watney, was somewhat clouded in the film. Moreover, the movie version of The Martian by Andy Weir is an unacceptable adaptation, because the conflicting purposes caused intense changes to the story.
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.
. In The War of the Worlds, again, a work for which I confess I have a great admiration, one is left entirely in the dark as to what kind of creatures the Martians really are, or in what manner they produce the wonderful heat ray with which they work such terrible havoc on their assailants.
“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.
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
Would you want to live on Mars? Some would say yes, others no, I am against going to Mars and think that we should stick to Earth and put our time, money, and energy into fixing this planet. I will show you all the reason why we can not go to that red planet.