Mars in fiction

Mission To Mars “We choose to go to the moon, not because it is easy, but because it is hard” -John F Kennedy. Back in May of 1961, John F Kennedy challenged the United States to land a man on the moon, and be the first to do it. However, now the challenge has escalated from a moon landing to a landing on an entirely different planet… and living there. Many different organizations have proposed the idea and are currently working on figuring out if we can reach Mars. We have to ask ourselves, how…

NASA Overview The Mars Surveyor Program (MSP) was managed under the cheaper, better, faster paradigm at the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA). This corporate culture created an environment which challenged NASA engineers to develop innovative, cost saving processes when designing and developing projects. This paradigm did have drawbacks though; putting too much emphasis on decreasing cost, and failing to integrate risk management in their projects. Ultimately, this mindset led…

The NASA website has archives of all missions ever performed by them. I chose some of the current missions such as Juno: mission to Jupiter, The International Space Station, And Curiosity mars rover. All Missions performed from NASA are costly, but all have very important reasons for those cost.The Juno spacecraft will for the first time peer below the dense cover of clouds to answer questions about the gas giant and the origins of our solar system. Juno's primary goal is to reveal the story of…

action packed science fiction TV series based on one man, with his time traveling spaceship, exploring the vast expanse of space and time. Imagine a universe where humans not only had the technology to explore beyond the vast expanse of space of our solar system, but also had the ability to time travel, and visit parallel universes. Imagine a spaceship with all these capabilities, but was in the appearance of… an English retro blue telephone box? This is the science fiction world of BBC’s hit TV…

himself on Mars after being caught in a sand storm and being left for dead. He uses his botany skills and wry sense of humor to get himself through hundreds of days in the harsh Martian atmosphere. An interesting aspect of this novel is the fact that there are very few main characters--I would argue that the astronauts at NASA tend to all blend together; the only other notable characters are Watney's comrades who are sailing around in space while their shipmate is facing certain death on Mars.…

Since the first close-up picture of Mars was obtained in 1965, there have been significant endeavours undertaken to explore the ‘Red Planet’ (National Geographic, n.d.). In particular, a number of successful missions have taken place over the last two decades and provided valuable information about Mars. 1996 - Mars Global Surveyor In 1996, the Mars Global Surveyor mission and the Mars Pathfinder mission were launched. The Mars Global Surveyor arrived at Mars on September 12 1997, becoming the…

had a number of astronauts walk on the moon, but what about mars? The idea of a manned-mission to mars has intrigued thousands of minds, but like me, lots have turned it down. I don’t think a manned-mission to mars is a good idea, due to physical, logical, and financial needs. Undeniably, a mission to mars would be too physically challenging. First, adapting to the climate would cause trouble. For example, the average temperature on mars is -61 degrees Fahrenheit. Since the average temperature…

his opinion. Wells also uses hyperbole to add flavor his novel. When the first cylinder descended from Mars, the people sent word to London, and the aggrandized headline was, “A MESSAGE RECEIVED FROM MARS. REMARKABLE STORY FROM WOKING” (10). This is an over exaggeration, due to the fact that the people had only seen a metallic grey cylinder, and not grand and elaborate communications from Mars.…

The short story “Naming of Names” by Ray Bradbury is about the protagonist, Harry, who moved to Mars with his family and immediately doesn’t like the change. Resisting change causes more harm than good. When his friends tell him, ”You’re getting thinner Harry”, he responds I’m not. They tell him, “and taller”, he yells, “liar!”. Harry loses some of his social friends due to his bad behavior. Harry adjusts to change very poorly and ends up hurting himself and other people. As soon as Harry…

what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve.” For Mark Watney his decision to not die on mars allowed him to fight through his trials on the planet mars. In “The Martian”, by Any Weir, Mark Watney is faced with a struggle to survive on a desolate planet where he has to fight everyday for his survival. Mark Watney’s voyage to Mars led him into an unforeseeable conflict between man and nature; Mark’s journey for survival will be hard to achieve. A hero…