The Martian
Andy Weir
The Martian is a book that follows the journey of Mark Watney, an astronaut apart of the “Ares 3 mission”. The Ares program was a program by NASA which brought mankind onto Mars. Both Ares 1 and 2 resulting successfully, Ares 1 sent astronauts who returned heroes into space. Unfortunately Ares 3 resulted in a death. At least that’s what everyone thought at first…
When a sandstorm of 175km/h winds (25km/h faster than the missions equipment was able to handle) formed the Ares 3 crew were forced to return to the MAV (Mars Ascent Vehicle) and to fly into orbit, to return home. The MAV was too delicate as it was a spaceship staying in the Hab would result in the crew having no way back to earth. It was in that walk from the MAV to the Hab where Mark Watney “died”. What really happened was the sandstorm blew him down a hill, Watney was sliced by an antennae and left face down in the sand. His crew searched for him but were forced to retreat and leave Mars. There Watney woke up in Martian soil to the beeping sound of low oxygen levels in his suit. We follow him on his journey …show more content…
The writing makes his jokes great and you can just imagine exactly how he would say them. Mark Watney and the brilliant writing in this book is what really makes this novel a must-read. Mark Watney is hilarious, he sees the best and worst possible outcome yet he sticks with the hope of it all working. He doesn’t panic, and its calm nature which helps him in this journey. There are times where Mark mentions how a simple mistake will stop him from waking up the next day yet he realises that panic won’t change anything and continues. When everyone on Earth is imaging how his sanity and his emotions have altered and thinking about what morbid thoughts he must be thinking… We see how Mark is really wondering “How can Aquaman control whales? They’re mammals… it doesn’t even make
Andy Weir
The Martian is a book that follows the journey of Mark Watney, an astronaut apart of the “Ares 3 mission”. The Ares program was a program by NASA which brought mankind onto Mars. Both Ares 1 and 2 resulting successfully, Ares 1 sent astronauts who returned heroes into space. Unfortunately Ares 3 resulted in a death. At least that’s what everyone thought at first…
When a sandstorm of 175km/h winds (25km/h faster than the missions equipment was able to handle) formed the Ares 3 crew were forced to return to the MAV (Mars Ascent Vehicle) and to fly into orbit, to return home. The MAV was too delicate as it was a spaceship staying in the Hab would result in the crew having no way back to earth. It was in that walk from the MAV to the Hab where Mark Watney “died”. What really happened was the sandstorm blew him down a hill, Watney was sliced by an antennae and left face down in the sand. His crew searched for him but were forced to retreat and leave Mars. There Watney woke up in Martian soil to the beeping sound of low oxygen levels in his suit. We follow him on his journey …show more content…
The writing makes his jokes great and you can just imagine exactly how he would say them. Mark Watney and the brilliant writing in this book is what really makes this novel a must-read. Mark Watney is hilarious, he sees the best and worst possible outcome yet he sticks with the hope of it all working. He doesn’t panic, and its calm nature which helps him in this journey. There are times where Mark mentions how a simple mistake will stop him from waking up the next day yet he realises that panic won’t change anything and continues. When everyone on Earth is imaging how his sanity and his emotions have altered and thinking about what morbid thoughts he must be thinking… We see how Mark is really wondering “How can Aquaman control whales? They’re mammals… it doesn’t even make