Sage-Tips

Why did Mark Watney cut a hole in the rover?

Originally Answered: Why does Mark Watney drill holes in the top of his rover? He drilled those holes to make one large hole for his baloon adition to the rover. He did this by chipping the little bits in between the holes. The balloon edition was made to make more space in the rover for the oxygenator and such.

Why did Mark purposely poke a hole in the glove of his EVA suit?

Even with a change of course from Hermes, the crew isn’t quite close enough to grab Watney, so he cuts a hole in the glove of his suit and uses the escaping pressure to “fly like Ironman.” But if you did that to your glove, your palm would get sucked to the hole and seal it up pretty fast.

Could Watney have ruptured his suit and controlled the compressed air to thrust towards the Hermes like Iron Man Could he have realistically controlled the thrust?

10 Answers. Watney did have trouble controlling himself with the “iron man” suit puncture trick; it’s plausible that he could quickly get the hang of positioning his hand to thrust through his center of mass (though that all happened fast enough that I didn’t see if it was so depicted).

What superhero does Watney indicate he will be like if he punctures his suit?

That’s when the botanist proposes yet another crazy brilliant idea: “I get to fly around like Iron Man.” By puncturing the gloves of his space suit, Watney is able to “fly” in the gravity-free vacuum of space, arms at his side like his favorite superhero.

What does Mark Watney dip his potato in?

He dips the potato in crushed Vicodin- Vicodin is the combination of an opioid pain medication, hydrocodone, and paracetamol- it’s a pain killer. So, Mark Watney [Matt Damon] put tomato sauce and crushed Vicodin on the potatoes for taste.

Why didn’t Mark Watney just grow more potatoes?

Airlock Breach When Airlock 1 breached, causing a gaping hole in The Hab, the potatoes were freeze dried and the bacteria in the soil assumed dead. Because of this Mark was unable to grow any more potatoes and could only eat the ones he still had with him.

How accurate is the movie the Martian?

In “The Martian,” Damon’s character, astronaut Mark Watney, produces water by burning leftover rocket fuel and extracts the hydrogen from the resulting chemical reaction. So while the overall Martian scenario may be fictional, the science in COLL 150 is very real.

Is the Martian Iron Man scene possible?

Originally Answered: In the movie the Martian, is cutting a hole in his space suit and flying around like Iron Man actually possible? No. The suits are kept very low pressure to enable ordinary motions: if the suit was highly pressurized, you wouldn’t be able to bend your suit at all, like a very stiff balloon.

How does movie Martian end?

In the end, Watney and his dedicated crew members all returned back to Earth safely. The Martian takes place in a world (or rather, worlds) more advanced than our own. Currently, we can only send robots to Mars, and human-piloted missions are at least a decade away.

Where was the Martian filmed?

Budapest
According to Hitc.com, The Martian’s filming locations are in Jordan, indoor sets were set up in Budapest and Etyek in Hungry. These locations, with the help of graphics, were made to look like the surface of Mars.