Mark Watney's Journey In The Marti The Ares 3 Mission
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How long will the trip take?: The mission trip in The Martian had taken 549 sols in Mars’ time and 687 days in Earth’s time. Mark had been abandoned since Sol 6 and was rescued on sol 549.
How would we get back?: In The Martian, the circumstances of Mark Watney being left on Mars had caused the travel back to Earth to be different than if everyone had left Mars at the same time. In The Martian, The crew of the Ares 3 mission, excluding Mark, had left Mars as how the order and process of leaving Mars should have went. They had arrived to Mars’ orbit using Hermes, and reached Mars’ orbit using the MDV, Mars descent vehicle, and they use the MAV, Mars ascent vehicle, to get back to the Hermes from Mars’ surface and from Hermes, …show more content…
In The Martian, Hermes had used solar arrays and Mark had used solar energy on the rover to get to long distances away, such as the Ares 4 location. The International Space Station had used the solar power system and it has provided energy to space stations since year 2000.
Ion Propulsion
In The Martian, the Ares 3 Crew uses ion propulsion to travel for about 300 milion miles. Ion propulsion is when electrically charged gas pushes out the ions at fast speeds. This allows the spaceship to change orbits many times. This also allows NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft to lower fuel usage.
Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTGs)
Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators are used to convert heat from the natural radioactive decay of plutonium into electrical energy. In The Martian, they had used RTGs to power the MAV far away from their habitat incase of a radioactive leakage. In real life, the radiation on Mars is more dangerous that the radiation from RTGs, so the natural radiation is more of a concern to NASA. The RTGs has advantages over solar power, it works during storms and during the day and
How long will the trip take?: The mission trip in The Martian had taken 549 sols in Mars’ time and 687 days in Earth’s time. Mark had been abandoned since Sol 6 and was rescued on sol 549.
How would we get back?: In The Martian, the circumstances of Mark Watney being left on Mars had caused the travel back to Earth to be different than if everyone had left Mars at the same time. In The Martian, The crew of the Ares 3 mission, excluding Mark, had left Mars as how the order and process of leaving Mars should have went. They had arrived to Mars’ orbit using Hermes, and reached Mars’ orbit using the MDV, Mars descent vehicle, and they use the MAV, Mars ascent vehicle, to get back to the Hermes from Mars’ surface and from Hermes, …show more content…
In The Martian, Hermes had used solar arrays and Mark had used solar energy on the rover to get to long distances away, such as the Ares 4 location. The International Space Station had used the solar power system and it has provided energy to space stations since year 2000.
Ion Propulsion
In The Martian, the Ares 3 Crew uses ion propulsion to travel for about 300 milion miles. Ion propulsion is when electrically charged gas pushes out the ions at fast speeds. This allows the spaceship to change orbits many times. This also allows NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft to lower fuel usage.
Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTGs)
Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators are used to convert heat from the natural radioactive decay of plutonium into electrical energy. In The Martian, they had used RTGs to power the MAV far away from their habitat incase of a radioactive leakage. In real life, the radiation on Mars is more dangerous that the radiation from RTGs, so the natural radiation is more of a concern to NASA. The RTGs has advantages over solar power, it works during storms and during the day and