Mars is 1.5 AU from the Sun. Mars’s average orbital speed is 24 km/s. Mars orbits round the sun in 686.98 days. A day on Mars would take about 24 hrs. Mars has a very thin atmosphere‚ so it doesn’t trap heat. The air is mostly carbon dioxide‚ so it’d be impossible for creatures like us to breathe except plants and other organisms can breathe carbon dioxide. The average surface temperature is way below zero. So even though Mars does have water‚ it will freeze as
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fictional character in the novel Stranger in a Strange Land. Smith is a very interesting person because he was brought to Earth‚ from Mars‚ and because of the way he was conceived. Michael Smith is an American that grew up thinking as a Martian. Smith was brought to Earth after the spaceship named the Envoy tried to reach Mars. The spaceship Champion went on a voyage to Mars to determine if there was any life that developed there. To their surprise‚ they discovered Smith. Smith was born to two Americans
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In “The Martian”‚ a 2011 hardcore science fiction novel by Andy Weir‚ astronaut Mark Watney finds himself struggling to survive alone on Mars after a freak accident led to him being abandoned by his crewmates. Weir explores an optimistic view of human nature. One of the major themes that emerge from the novel is human nature. The team-up between NASA and the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) emphasizes the author’s belief that humanity is greater than the sum of its parts. Cooperation
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time on Mars. The fourth planet from the sun doesn’t provide great hospitality as we see in this novel. Mark Watney‚ a botanist on a mission on Mars‚ is lost and left behind in a dust storm on the planet. The other crewmates have escaped the deadly storm‚ but Watney did not. He now has to survive the long time it will take to get another mission to Mars to rescue him. With his own feces and being a botanist‚ he creates food on an otherwise desolate planet. He also uses leftover equipment on Mars to build
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behaves like a planet‚ then it should be classified as a planet. I am going to talk about a past situation that had a big impact on the final decision in “kicking pluto out”. In 1801‚ a icyrocky body similar to Pluto was discovered between Jupiter and Mars named Ceres. A year later Ceres had its planethood revoked because it was very obvious that it really was just the largest member of what is now called the asteroid belt. If Ceres doesn’t get to be called a planet neither should pluto. They have almost
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both off and on the screen. Andy Weir’s popular novel The Martian and the (2014) film Interstellar‚ directed by Christopher Nolan‚ both tell a tales of not only survival but the importance of self-belief and determination. Left stranded alone on Mars after a failed escape attempt‚ The Martian’s protagonist‚ Mark Watney‚ narrates his incredible story of survival 54 million kilometres from family and earth. Psychologically strong willed‚ humorous and optimistic‚ he pushes the boundaries to succeed
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be like to be stranded on Mars? In this novel written by Andy Weir‚ the main character - astronaut Mark Watney - is left behind on Mars and is forced to survive with limited resources. Thankfully‚ Mark has the help of many people at NASA‚ such as Venkat Cooper‚ director of Mars operations‚ Teddy Sanders‚ and others. Mark only has resources for a thirty day mission to Mars‚ but to get off the planet‚ he’ll have to survive for four years. Meanwhile‚ it seems that Mars keeps trying to kill him
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Mars One‚ a ticket to our dreams Mars One‚ a project aiming at sending humans to the remote Mars as well as establishing outer space colony‚ has aroused heated debate globally since it was launched. This one way mission signifies that the astronauts may never be able to come back to the Earth‚ which keeps many people wondering if it worthwhile to explore the unknown world in sacrifice of astronauts’ lives. Some opponents argue that this one way trip is nothing more than a suicide mission. But
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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
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planets and jovian planets. The terrestrial planets are composed primarily of rock and metal. They also generally have high densities‚ slow rotation‚ solid surfaces‚ no rings‚ and few satellites. These planets include Mercury‚ Venus‚ Earth‚ and Mars. On the other hand‚ the jovian planets are composed primarily of hydrogen and helium. They generally have low densities‚ rapid rotation‚ deep atmospheres‚ rings‚ and numerous satellites. These planets include Jupiter‚ Saturn‚ Uranus‚ and Neptune
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