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• What <i>The Martian</i> Gets Right (and Wrong) About Science

What The Martian Gets Right (and Wrong) About Science

T here are a few hard truths you can learn from both the book and soon-to-be-released film The Martian . The first is: Don’t get stuck on Mars . The second: If you do get stuck on Mars, be really, really smart.

It’s hard to argue with wisdom like that, but if you have any doubt, you won’t after leaving the theater, fresh from a rousing, gripping and scientifically granular tutorial on what makes Mars tick—chemically, geologically, meteorologically—and why the planet is such an alluring and vexing place. Andy Weir artfully blended all of those seemingly unblendable elements in his 2011 novel and Ridley Scott hand-carried them to the screen without dropping and breaking a single one.

So: Go see The Martian . But still: Don’t expect all of the science to be what it should be. The hard part about good science fiction has always been the fiction part. How many liberties can you take and how big should they be before you lose credibility? In the case of The Martian , the answer is mixed.

Some of the movie’s errors are minor and even cosmetic. The Johnson Space Center in Houston and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena look nothing like the slick, futuristic places they appear to be on screen. Even in a relatively near future in which it’s possible to travel to and from Mars, the laws of economics and politics still apply, and Washington would never spend the money on architectural glitz when the drearier but serviceable facilities are still in place.

Other errors are a bit more technical, as when an unmanned supply vehicle is docking with the Mars mother ship and an astronaut is sent outside in a spacesuit to wave it in like an airport worker on a tarmac. But there’s no one in the cargo ship to see him waving and video cameras on both the arriving ship and the mother ship would make it possible to control the entire operation from an indoor console. One rule of thumb in space travel: never take the risk of a spacewalk unless it’s absolutely necessary—and in this case it’s not.

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Still, those are quibbles. Much more disturbing is what is arguably the most important plot device in the movie: the massive windstorm that sweeps astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) away, causing his crew mates to abandon him on the planet, assuming he has been killed. That sets the entire castaway tale into motion, but on a false note, because while Mars does have winds, its atmosphere is barely 1% of the density of Earth’s, meaning it could never whip up anything like the fury it does in the story.

“I needed a way to force the astronauts off the planet, so I allowed myself some leeway,” Weir conceded in a statement accompanying the movie’s release. “Plus, I thought the storm would be pretty cool.”

It was exceedingly cool actually, and for that reason Weir’s liberty could almost be forgiven, but then the story tries to have it both ways with the same bit of science. When a pressure leak causes an entire pod on Watney’s habitat to blow up, he patches a yawning opening in what’s left of the dwelling with plastic tarp and duct tape. That might actually be enough to do the job in the tenuous atmosphere that does exist on Mars. But in the violent one Weir invents for his story, the fix wouldn’t last a day.

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The problem of Martian radiation is another tricky issue. Astronauts would be exposed to two kinds of dangers as they traveled to and from Mars and worked on the surface: solar energetic particles and galactic cosmic rays. A one-way, 180-day trip alone would subject them to 15 times the annual permissible dosage for workers in nuclear power plants. Watney spends more than 500 sols (or Martian days, which are only 39 minutes longer than our days) stranded on Mars, not to mention the back and forth flights in the crew’s mother ship.

There are all manner of ways spacecraft and dwellings could be shielded from radiation: artificial magnetic fields or insulating layers of aluminum or water or even food and stored human waste packed into the walls might provide the necessary protection. But The Martian never makes mention of any of these things. And even if we simply assume that the NASA of the unspecified future in which the movie takes place has figured the problem out, Watney still spends a lot of his time wandering about on the surface in nothing but a spacesuit. He may not glow in the dark after that kind of cosmic bath, but he’d sure get radiation detectors jumping.

Give The Martian props for getting the botany mostly right. Martian soil would, as in the story, be suitable for growing crops—and in at least one study it worked better than ordinary Earthly dirt. And Watney’s use of stored human waste as fertilizer would indeed make the reaping richer—even if it made the sowing nastier.

Whether a Martian castaway would have all of the oxygen Watney did for his long stay is open to question. The six person crew was supposed to remain on the surface for 30 days, meaning that a single person would have at least enough air for 180 days. NASA typically builds in very comfortable cushions when it comes to consumables, but in this case they’d have to provide three times the oxygen the crew would need—which is what it would take to keep Watney going for his 500-plus sols—and that’s doubtful.

There are credibility issues on Earth as well. In order for Watney to be rescued, the rest of the crew must cancel its homecoming and, the moment their spacecraft reaches Earth, simply whip around it and head back to Mars. That’s entirely possible. Such a slingshot maneuver—or gravity assist—was what guaranteed the first few Apollo lunar crews a free ride home if their engine failed as they were approaching the moon, and it has regularly been used in interplanetary explorations, as unmanned probes swing close to, say, Jupiter, to pick up some extra gravitational speed on their way to, say, Saturn.

In The Martian , however, the use of a gravity assist is portrayed as a late-night brainstorm by a NASA technician, one that requires him to run his equations on a room-sized super-computer and then explain the wondrous idea to a skeptical Administrator of NASA. But a NASA Administrator who didn’t know what a gravity assist was would be like a cardiac surgeon who couldn’t find a heart inside a patient’s chest. Either way, it’d really be time to look for a different line of work.

Here too, however, it’s worth the wince that that scene causes, if only to get back inside that wonderfully elegant spacecraft. Yes, it’s implausibly big and implausibly tidy, but its central, zero-g segment and its rotating torus where artificial gravity would be created was true to the physics—and the way the crew transitioned from one environment to the other was seamless and pretty.

That’s one of the problems The Martian hands science scolds. The story is such a ripping good ride and so gorgeous to watch that you don’t merely want to suspend your disbelief, you want to tie it to a parking meter outside the theater and order it not to disturb you with its barking. For the most part, that does the trick. There will be plenty of nonnegotiable problems real astronauts on a real mission to Mars will have to confront. In a movie mission, well, go break a few rules if it means this much fun.

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An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive and can survive until a potential rescu... Read all An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive and can survive until a potential rescue. An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive and can survive until a potential rescue.

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• Trivia Rich Purnell slips and falls after he finds a way to rescue Mark Watney and tells his boss "I need more coffee." Donald Glover revealed in an interview that he slipped for real and just got up and continued to act, and the footage was retained in the final edits for the movie.
• Goofs Due to Mars' low atmospheric pressure, the effective wind pressure in martian wind storms is much lower than shown in the movie, very unlikely to be sufficient to tip a spacecraft. Also, the wind on Mars is much too weak to carry large rocks. In interviews, Andy Weir has acknowledged this and admitted that he took creative license with this in order to create the story. The dust on Mars at the surface tends to be very fine, with grain sizes comparable to smoke particles. There are dust storms on Mars, but they look and behave like puffs of smoke instead of raging wind storms depicted in the movie.

Mark Watney : I don't want to come off as arrogant here, but I'm the greatest botanist on this planet.

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• Extended footage of Watney shortly after his abandonment, waking up in the habitat
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• An additional scene after the NASA press conference confirming Watney survived, in which PR Director Annie warns director Vincent Kapoor not to use the phrase "bring him home alive", and also complains about her private life
• Additional moments while Watney and the Pathfinder team communicate, including more repartee between Kapoor and the young JPL technician, and Watney using an unusual insult when he hears his crew have not been told he is alive, followed by the reaction of NASA team members to this
• A short scene after Watney patches the hole in the habitat after the explosion using plastic sheets, in which he uses smoke currents to detect and patch holes with sealant
• Additional scenes showing Rich Purnell requiring the use of a supercomputer to deliver his Earth slingshot calculations
• A scene in which Watney completes the soil analysis started by his crewmates in order to complete their original mission before he leaves Mars
• A scene in which Watney inflates a pressurized tent to eat and clean his body outside the rover on his way to the Ares IV coordinates. He also leaves an apology to the Ares IV team for using their supply drop.
• A short moment in which Commander Lewis and Martinez discuss how many times their simulated rescue mission has resulted in Watney's death
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Subject: Physics

Age range: 14 - 18

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Looking for an interesting viewing guide for your science or current events class?

This viewing guide is designed to help insure that students are paying attention and thinking about the information presented in the film.

The Viewing Guide is two pages and splits the movie into four parts. (The parts are labeled for you on the Viewing Guide.) The guide asks basic questions about the science discussed in the movie. Once your students have completed the Movie Viewing Guide, they can move on to the Worksheet.

This worksheet was designed as a part of my current events unit titled “Should Humans Colonize Space?” and the questions on the post-screening worksheet relates to that topic. Your students will analyze the content of the movie in regards to space travel and colonization and the movies representation of the topic. These worksheets are also included in Google Form format to be submitted digitally.

How the Lesson Works: ★ The Viewing Guide is split into four sections with short answer, true/false, and multiple choice questions from the movie. ★ The Post-Screening Worksheet is designed to be completed after students have viewed the movie in its entirety.

Movie Synopsis: When astronauts blast off from the planet Mars, they leave behind Mark Watney (Matt Damon), presumed dead after a fierce storm. With only a meager amount of supplies, the stranded visitor must utilize his wits and spirit to find a way to survive on the hostile planet. Meanwhile, back on Earth, members of NASA and a team of international scientists work tirelessly to bring him home, while his crew mates hatch their own plan for a daring rescue mission.

Required Materials: ★ The Martian (2015) DVD or Streaming Capabilities

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The Martian (2015 Film) Themes

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Self-Sacrifice

One of the main themes of the movie is self-sacrifice, whether it be for others, or for the higher purpose towards which everyone on the team is working. Astronauts tend to be a strong example of this, because as Watney points out, every time they go into space they know it might be the last time, but they sacrifice their fear and their personal safety for the cause of knowledge and human advancement. The movie also looks at sacrifice in a different way; Annie believes that it would be better to sacrifice Watney, whom they have already declared dead and mourned publicly, than to admit to America that they accidentally left an astronaut on Mars. Her belief is that whilst she cares deeply about the team as an entity, she cannot afford to care about individuals more than the team and the mission itself, and therefore it is Watney's job to sacrifice himself if it is the best thing for the program.

Isolation and Loneliness

Solitude can sometimes be quite uplifting, but being marooned alone on another planet millions of miles away from earth is an isolating experience. Mark Watney is separated from everyone, everything and every place that he knows; in fact he is essentially the last man standing because he is separated from everything that is human. Sometimes he is able to overcome his loneliness and focus on a scientific question; sometimes he feels as though he is going a little crazy. Most of the time he has an extreme version of homesickness, feeling bereft and hopeless. As he is marooned for longer, the battle to maintain his sanity is visible to us. It takes an extraordinary effort to maintain control of his mind, which just goes to demonstrate what a powerful and controlling experience loneliness can be, even to the most brilliant of people whom we believe should be able to "think" themselves out of any difficulty.

Space Exploration

As the characters are astronauts and NASA scientists, one of the main themes is that of space exploration and the inherent danger of it. It is also an optimistic look at space exploration, because already, in a time that is in the future, but the near future, man is on Mars, and this prospect is presented as something that is perfectly reasonable and likely. Astronauts are shown to be people of diverse skills, expert scientists who are also space explorers. The scope of the space program is shown to be far greater than we can ever comprehend or imagine. For the most part, the reason and intent behind the mission still remains positive and intact despite the disaster that has resulted in an astronaut stranded on Mars.

Spirit of Survival

Prior to The Martian , the widely accepted worst case scenario for being marooned somewhere was the ubiquitous desert island; after all, we've all been challenged to come up with five essential items should we ever find ourselves shipwrecked somewhere sandy and deserted. The scenario faced by Mark Watney is worse than the desert island scenario because at least on a deserted island there is an air of familiarity; the air, the sky, the ocean, and to a botanist, any kind of trees or plant life. This movie shows us that mankind has a spirit of survival so ingrained that even being marooned on Mars is survivable with determination and perseverance. Mark is not upbeat all the time by any means, but every time Mars throws up a challenge he figures out a way to live up to it. It is ultimately perseverance and the spirit of survival that enables him to survive this experience.

Homesickness

Mark's homesickness is both a blessing or a curse whilst he is lost on Mars, but by and large, it is a blessing because his memories and thoughts of home keep it alive for him, and in turn he keeps himself alive so that he will be able to return. Nostalgia for home hits him at random and unconnected moments, and sometimes the memories and mental pictures are almost overwhelming, because he misses them so much, but they do keep him focused on the goal that he has for each day and his homesickness gives him a focus that he needs in order to get back to his loved ones and home one day.

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The Martian Extended Cut Includes 11 New Scenes, Here's What Happens In Them

When you've got a runaway hit like The Martian on your hands, the home video release can serve as a perfect opportunity to double your money. Enter the "Extended Edition" strategy, which in the case of Ridley Scott 's resume is a fairly common occurrence. In the case of The Martian , around 10 minutes of footage was reinstated into the film. In addition to the footage that was included, there's two deleted scenes that were never even put back into the film!

No, your eyes aren't deceiving you, there are actually some smaller shots and lines inserted into the film throughout, which actually help round the experience out without sacrificing the film's total package. True, these sequences aren't essential, and the pacing of the theatrical cut is preferential. However, if you want a new experience, or are such a fan of The Martian that you'd like to see what might have been, then prepare to read about the nine moments that were restored, and the two that weren't, in The Martian: Extended Edition Blu-ray . Please note that all scenes that were inserted into the Extended Edition have time codes that denote the point in the film at which they occur.

Good Morning Mars - 19:32

In the first bit of footage restored to The Martian , we see Watney wake up on one of the early days of his solitude, still gimping around after his incident. After rising and shining one morning, we still see that Mark isn't quite back to full speed just yet. This moment happens right before his inventory of the kitchen, and it's not exactly essential as we get to Mark formulating his rationing / potato farming plan that much quicker. It's small, and isn't comprised of a lot of footage, so we didn't miss too much by losing this scene.

Martian Cartography / Mark Starts To Doze - 36:42

This one's another short take. While doing his first round of experiments with the Mars rovers, Mark starts to fall asleep at the wheel. He wakes up, and addresses to his video logs about how this almost happened, and the sequence picks up as originally shown. Again, this is a moment where it's a bit superfluous, and only really serves to pad out Mark Watney's process when it comes to this sort of mundane task. Additionally, there's some footage before this moment where we see more of Mark's course charting on his map of Mars.

Annie's Rant To Vincent - 40:26

Now here's where things start to pick up with The Martian: Extended Edition , as we get an entire swath of dialogue from Kristen Wiig 's Annie Montrose that we didn't see in the film. Right after Vincent gives his infamous "bring him home alive" press conference, instead of just cutting to Teddy telling him not to say things like that on live TV, we see Annie chastise Vincent for doing just that. She then proceeds to talk about how she needs this job, as she's paying alimony to "two deadbeat ex-husbands," and that gender equality bit her square in the ass. This scene was worth restoring, as we get to see more of Wiig's trademark humor, and it makes Teddy's reinforcement all the more satisfying

Mark Watney's Blunt Response - 58:06

During the first sequence in The Martian where Mark and the Pathfinder team start to communicate, there are a couple of moments added back in. For starters, the snarky JPL tech gets some more words in edgewise. More importantly though, when Mark finds out he's live on TV, and his crew doesn't know he's alive, Watney deploys a colorful insult towards his superiors. We see both Benedict Wong's Bruce and Sean Bean 's Mitch Henderson react to said insult, as Watney apparently called them all "bureaucratic felchers." It may not be a huge moment, but it's a good character moment that generates laughs between Earth and Mars' communications. Also, take Sean Bean's advice, and don't Google that term.

Mark's Repairs To The Hab - 01:13:37

After pressurizing his potato farm, courtesy of the thick plastic and duct tape Mark sealed the Hab breach with, there's a moment of silence where Mark finds some holes in the plastic. Using smoke, science, and duct tape, Watney repairs some breaches in his sealing. This is definitely a scene where there's no big payoff to _The Martian's _story overall, except seeing Mark Watney proceeding to science the shit out of his recently wrecked potato farm.

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Satellite Adjustments At JPL - 01:18:36

This scene gives us a little more of Donald Glover 's Rich Purnell, as it shows us a little more about how his plan takes shape. After his initial appearance, where we see his supervisor at JPL ask for coordinates for satellite adjustments, we see that he didn't deliver those coordinates as promised. Instead, Rich demands supercomputer time, as he's intensely studying the positioning of Earth and Mars, in hopes of guiding the Hermes in its slingshot around the Earth. We get more of a background character's story, and if there's any reason to keep this scene in, it's so that Rich's ultimate plan makes more sense to those who watching the film.

Watney Finishes The Mission - 01:30:02

How big of a boy scout is Mark Watney? Well, let's put it this way: in a deleted scene, Watney is learned to have been continuing to dig Martian samples & conduct analysis. This actually leads to a deleted scene that we previously covered as excised from the film, which is the infamous "Chem Cam" scene that comes from this. Adding this scene back into the mix shows Watney's dedication to science, and gives him some more time to crack wise to the camera about "das core samples."

Mark Watney's Martian Camping Trip - 01:53:35

Yet another small, but reflective, moment see Mark inflate a tent from the Ares IV supply drop in order to have a meal and a silent moment. During said moment, we get to see Mark's scared body again, followed by his burying of a thoughtful note to apologize to the Ares IV mission for using their supplies. It's another smaller segment that could have dragged on if they weren't careful, and at this point in the film the momentum of Watney's rescue is growing at such a rate that stopping for a picnic derails the home stretch of the picture.

The Many Deaths Of Mark Watney - 01:59:36

Before arriving in Mars orbit for the pulse pounding finale of The Martian , Jessica Chastain 's Commander Lewis starts out by asking Michael Pena 's Martinez about how many times he killed Mark in the simulator. This comes right before the last supper moment of sorts, where the crew goes over their big plan to rescue Mark by engineering a rendezvous between the Ares IV MAV unit and the Hermes. You could blink and miss the moment entirely, as it doesn't take up too much space in the grand scheme of things, and it does nothing in the long run, bringing us to the end of the restored footage portion of our report. Next, let's take a look at the two scenes that were deleted, but never used in the film's extended version.

Hermes Crew Discuss Sleeping Arrangements

Fans of The Martian's book form will love our first deleted scene, as Sebastan Stan's Beck and Kate Mara 's Johannsen were finally revealed as being a couple. This is all thanks to Commander Lewis' re-assignment of sleeping arrangements, as Ramirez has been sleeping in Airlock 2 to have privacy / comfort. Michael Pena makes this scene work so well with his reaction to his crewmates' coupling, but again, it's not important.

Mark's Final Moment On The Hermes

The final moment of Mark Watney's space journey in The Martian, just before we see him back on Earth, finds Mark reflecting on the fact that he's back home on his sweet home planet. Linking his last spacebound scene with the first time we see a comfortable looking Watney siting on a park bench, delivering his speech about humanity pulling together that we heard in The Martian's first trailer. This final moment makes for a great contrast with the rest of the film, as well as includes a subtle dig at how expensive saving a Matt Damon character is, while justifying his rescue at the same time.

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Project management, the martian movie assignment | project management

Residency Project #3

The Martian Movie assignment (250 Pt)

The movie “The Martian” can be viewed through the framework of project management. There are two different but simultaneous projects going on in The Martian. One is the survival project of Mark Watney and the other is the project aiming to save him. Watney has the right skills for his survival project: he’s a botanist, he knows how to repair a broken Pathfinder and the most important thing is he doesn’t panic even in his first day alone on Mars. On the other hand, he’s not alone in this project. The members of the ‘remote’ team helping him are trying their best to achieve their goal. This is a good example for the importance of the communication between the team even if they are far away!

For this assignment, as we watch the movie, you will be required to address the following questions and answer them.  

· Submitted through SafeAssign for originality, scores must be below 40%.

· Follow APA formatting guidelines (i.e. include a reference page) Do not allow your margins to be reduced by utilizing bullet point margins. This will lead to point deductions. Only Pinto textbook needs to be cited; do not worry about citing the movie. (30 Pt)

· Each team member is required to submit a copy of the team’s paper, in order to receive credit.

· Develop a PowerPoint presentation to present to the class. Each question should be presented by a different person. Each team group will ask at least one question for each presentation. 

Question #1 (1 full page ) (44Pt)

The definition of a project as provided by Pinto (2019): A project is a unique venture with a beginning and end, conducted by people to meet established goals within parameters of cost, schedule, and quality. A project can be considered to be any series of activities and tasks that: 

• Have a specific objective to be completed within certain specifications

• Have defined start and end dates 

• Have funding limits, if applicable 

• Consume human and nonhuman resources, such as money, people, equipment 

• Are multifunctional (i.e., cut across several functional lines)

How does this definition fit the movie personalities and events versus just operations management?

Question #2 (~3 pages or 1 page each process) (132Pt)

Select 3 of the project management processes below. For each of the 3 you must 1) provide a brief description of each process, 2) describe how Mark Watney or one of the project teams manages this process, and 3) provide a specific example of the management of this process from the movie and why this is a good example. 

Perform Integrated Change Control

Validate and Control Scope

Control Schedule

Control Costs

Control Quality

Control Resources

Monitor Communications

Monitor Risks

Control Procurements

Manage Stakeholder Engagement

Question #3 (1/2 to 1 full page) (44 Pt)

Do you think Mark Watney is a champion? Why or why not?

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