Mars in fiction

Wolf Wagon Jenny Mars ‘Hey Renna. Come here.’ She hesitates; then swivels around. The Freo Doctor blusters in, and tiny white-capped waves roll onto the shore. Pelicans drift on an updraft. She could see the Swan River from here. Room seven, what a great view she thought. He was asleep with his mouth open. Now he was calling out to her again. ‘Get me some Coke and ice.’ She pulls his oxygen mask away from his face so that she can hear him. He waves his hand, and points to his mouth. ‘I’m dry. Coke, with ice.’ His skin has turned dark, Moccona coffee dark. Renna reads a sign - QE11MC Smoke Free hospital. She could really go for a strong brew and a ciggie. Renna finds a nurse who was drying his white hands on paper towelling.…

in the non-fiction article Language Chauvinism by Cooper Thompson. In this article Thompson is talking about how one day while listening in on a conversation between a french waitress and an american man, the american man wanted his coffee the way he usually gets it at starbucks. The only problem was that he was at a small french cafe where they don't sell the type of coffee that he wanted. The man could not process why he couldn't get his coffee the way he wanted it because he had gone to a…

The Martian, by Andy Weir, is a science fiction novel whose readers will constantly wonder: Will Watney make it out alive? Or will NASA just recover a frozen corpse? Astronaut Mark Watney, who is stranded on Mars and presumed dead, will be faced with life threatening situations that will entice readers through the whole story. Watney will have to figure out how to survive on Mars: what to eat, how to communicate, how to get water, and how to maintain a human-friendly environment. This novel…

On September 28th of 2015, NASA officially confirmed liquid water existing on Mars. Water is pretty common here on Earth, so why is this such a big deal? The big deal is that this is one of the biggest discoveries in Mars history. The discovery of liquid water, provides limitless options from colonization, to the fact that there may be life there now. But how did the media impact this disclosure? Normally space discoveries never get extremely popular. I thought to myself what was so different…

In Edgar Rice Burroughs’s story, “Under the Moons of Mars,” there are many instances of both fantasy and science fiction. When the narrator is describing things, he talks in a very scientific way. When describing a creature from Mars, he tells the reader, “the feet themselves were heavily padded… (which) is a characteristic feature of the fauna of Mars” (151). This is the way a scientist would talk about an animal, not the way a layperson tells someone about what they saw. The narrator also…

In the book, Red Rising (2014), the author Pierce Brown writes a science fiction novel that takes place years after Earth was destroyed in a massive war. The main character, Darrow, grew up in a mining colony, on Mars, and is a "Red." In the society of the Solar System, each person is given specific color, based on the class that the person is. Darrow's class, the Red class, is considered to be the lowest class in the Solar System, as the Red's jobs are to mine Helium-3, which is a valuable…

The Martian The closest Mars and Earth will ever be is 54.6 million kilometers. That has to be a bad feeling when it’s 2035 and your crew has just left you all alone on Mars. In The Martian book and movie we find out just how Mark Watney felt as he fought for his life while stranded on Mars and his strong desire to be reunited with Earth. The movie left out many important details that were included in the book, such as getting to know Watney before hopping into his journey and despite its lack…

In preparation for the destruction of Earth, humans are to be transported to continue life on the planet Mars. Scientists have been studying this planet for decades. Research and experimentation have shown Mars is capable of supporting human life forms and other organisms. However, the time and money necessary to accomplish such a feat would be astronomical. Matt Williams, the Guide to Space Curator for Universe Today, expresses his opinions on this phenomena in his article, “How Can We Live on…

The red planet is being colonized by one man trapped on Mars. Mark Watney, the lone colonizer of Mars, lives inside his HAB (Habitat) stranded on Mars. His team had left him, consequently he now has to survive until he can travel home, but he doesn’t have enough food. Mark dreams that he will make it home safe and sound, although he thinks he knows he won’t; but he still tries. The author of The Martian has led an interesting life, as well as his main protagonist Mark Watney. Through Andy Weir’s…

By drawing on this idea of using familiar forms with cutting-edge function, the modern space program could much more effectively market new missions like colonizing Mars. My conceptualization of a retro-themed infographic highlighting the benefits of going to Mars is one such example of how this can be achieved. The content draws strongly on the rhetoric of former NASA administrator Charles Bolden’s speech “Mars Matters” in which he offers tangible reasons why a Mars mission is beneficial to…