NASA Scientists Fact-Check “The Martian"

How accurate is the new space film “The Martian”? We had NASA scientists break down the science behind the movie to find out if Matt Damon’s portrayal of a stranded astronaut on Mars is realistic or out of this world.
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NASA Scientists Fact-Check “The Martian"

[@kingseanthefirst]

My question is why they keep leaving matt damon in places across the universe. Once he got back from Mars, they marooned him on an ice planet (interstellar) lol. They want him as far from earth as possible.

[@Thaulin]

+kingseanthefirst I bet Jimmy Kimmel is behind this

[@kingseanthefirst]

+Thorfinn Probably lol

[@digitalbrentable]

+kingseanthefirst In Saving Private Ryan they had to rescue him from Nazi-occupied France. What the hell, Damon?

[@Ripster99]

+kingseanthefirst Not only that but they tried to get him killed in World War 2 but his mother wouldn't allow it.

[@mfnickster8042]

+kingseanthefirst It's one of the great mysteries, like why did Robin Williams keep getting cast as a grieving widower, or Ben Stiller as a quirky single father.

[@thesnowleopard66]

The confidence he has when he says that the first person to touch mars will be in his lifetime is incredible. I hope he is right

[@mrgoob76]

with all this money they are wasting i personally think we should be exploring the oceans...

[@bilbo_gamers6417]

We can't stick to the Earth forever, kid.

[@thesnowleopard66]

Bilbo_Gamers what kind of smart ass response is that, kid?

[@iloveplasticbottles]

Unfortunately, that requires money, of which the government just mysteriously doesn't have for stuff like this, but has the money for war.

[@iloveplasticbottles]

@@mrgoob76 nasa gives more bang for your buck

[@maoqiutong]

I was sometimes suspicious about how martian wind can blow people away with only 1% thickness of atmosphere. This scientist in this video supports me :)

[@tbrooks01]

+ERIC Sheng But then there would be no movie.

[@Todestuete]

+ERIC Sheng The Author of the book was even aware of that fact when he wrote it, but he introduced this scientific inaccuracy for the sake of the story.

[@MrAlexOrex]

Force of the wind is proportional to the square of velocity, so martian wind (160 times less denser) is comparable to 13 times slower Earth's wind. With gravity of 38%, the destabilisation of Mars lander (or astronaut) took less energy, so even the 100 m/s wind is roughly equal to earth's 13 m/s. It is hard to believe that such a wind can harm the lander, but it is easy to believe how many problems it may create to the starting rocket (!) So the story went before the accuracy.

[@5thGenNativeTexan]

@@Todestuete To be fair, Andy Weir didn't write it quite like the movie with the MAV almost being blown over or Watney being blown away. He wrote it more along the lines of the wind catching one of the satellite dishes (like in the movie) but just puncturing his space suit.

[@PhilipClyde]

@@5thGenNativeTexan Then why did they need to leave in the book?

[@spooks8878]

That would be incredible if humans make it to mars in my lifetime

[@johnrodgers1072]

+IDK Would be foolish right now, or near future. A permanent base on the Moon makes more sense.

[@sreevysh]

+John Rodgers well we have to get there to set up a permanent base, which is what OP is saying

[@hassyali6033]

+John Rodgers Actually right now we can make a base on mars easily and its already in the works. We can send up a whole base before we even get there. Pretty dam amazing. The only foolish thing would be not to go to mars and continue exploring space.

[@reversalmushroom]

+IDK How old are you?

[@spooks8878]

***** Why is that relevant?

[@mtknight]

Andy Weir clearly did his research. And, if you didn't know this movie was based on his book of the same name, you should go check it out. The movie did a great job adapting it, so you just get more story. The audiobook read by Wil Wheaton is really well done.

[@Vlasko60]

After the big lie, everything was really accurate.

[@samrey1803]

i think the entire movie is a lie. i mean, the guy is walking around like it's earth gravity out there. just the stress and muscle degeneration and bone deformation in itself and lack of nutrition in itself would have killed and made our boy matty feeble and long dead before that time period of rescue.

[@WilderManize]

@@samrey1803 the effects of low gravity dont mater until you try to go back to earth gravity.

[@ianm2610]

@@WilderManize really?

[@patrickhf8298]

@@ianm2610 Yeah. Your body will start to get used to that gravity until you acclimate. And the same would happen if you go back to Earth. It is like when you put your hands in hot water for a while and the put them on "normal water". That water is gonna feel cold, until you acclimate.

[@bullettime8760]

@@ianm2610 yeah kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmfVeXukdqeiipo Watch this, Chris hadfield explains why micro-gravity doesn't concern astronauts that much and he also debunked some other space myths as well

[@bookcadenb4584]

Imagine... Imagine if we stopped spending money on killing each other for just a single year and put all of that (more than 1 Trillion Dollars worldwide) towards Science and Space endeavors. Imagine the leap in technology in such a short time.

[@PhilbyFavourites]

BookCade NB: please, please, please be the next President of the United States. They need that mindset you have.

[@Murted29568]

Would also get free health care and much more if all that money didn’t go towards the military.

[@therickman1990]

We'd need WW3 for that first, after which the warp drive get's invented and the Vulcans come

[@chrisdoe2659]

@@Murted29568 The US currently spends over twice as much money on Medicare/Medicaid than it does on the military. We spend billions on the military but healthcare costs trillions.

[@Marshal098]

I think about that a lot

[@PresidentialWinner]

"i'm pretty sure its going to be the most exciting human adventure of all time" HELL YES

[@richard63]

The Martian is a great movie. It has a gripping story and incorporates a lot of science which makes it even more interesting to watch. I liked it so much i bought the DVD. Well done Ridley Scott , Matt Damon and everyone else involved.

[@sce2aux464]

"I am the greatest botanist on this planet."

[@poisiion]

Interstellar and Martian are my 2 most favorite space movies. It sucks there are not many of these kinda films

[@Deziede]

Did Watney not suffer an radiation effects from the Plutonium he had strapped in the backseat? As the film went on, his skin started to show some sort of abrasions and bruising, but I don't know if this was from that, or from severe malnutrition (and/or getting knocked around by a whole string of bad luck). Excellent movie :)

[@darksunrise957]

+Deziede I'm guessing the plutonium was largely shielded (Hence why he had to be careful he didn't damage the casing), plus, he has insulated it with space-grade insulation, so that probably helped.

[@spencerjames3551]

At least in the book, the RTG fully shields the radiation from the plutonium.

[@CorwynGC]

+nikanj He had plenty of vitamin supplements (according to the book, don't think they emphasized that in the movie).

[@redacted7731]

He had plenty of vitamins, and the RTG was perfectly safe unless it ruptured. The abrasions were skin sores probably. Remember, he couldn't shower much.

[@CorwynGC]

Kyra Lexmond Possibly also solar radiation damage.

[@parzh]

Scientists: we’re gonna visit Mars in 2020 2020: no you’re not

[@Brionatic]

If I got to mars all I got to eat are a bunch of taters? Well color me green and hand me a Guinness, to mars me boyos.

[@johnjames4834]

not guinness watneys pale ale

[@jean5873]

in case you didnt know NASA worked with the film crew and production. they saw the potential of the film thats why they helped

[@stephen2583]

Just practice for when they fake the Mars landings.

[@_R-R]

The author of the book commented on the dust storm. He wanted a man vs nature event to kickstart the story. He knew that the storm would be impossible in real life, yet he had that storm take place.

[@NextLevelEntertainment]

They should've thought of something else

[@erikthomsen4768]

@@NextLevelEntertainment Any suggestions? Volcanism perhaps?

[@NextLevelEntertainment]

@Erik Thomsen Great question, I think they should've gone with a Marsquake. They do happen, and it has been documented that they are between 4 to 6 magnitude. For the sake of the movie, they could've made a 8 to 9 magnitude marsquake, and it would've been more believable.

[@aurelian2668]

​@@NextLevelEntertainment I dunno man, I dont think any of them would survive that

[@DarkTheFailure]

It still amazes me how similar mars and earth look. I always thought it was a alien and completely different world but its just a desert

[@plasmakitten4261]

What would think of by different and alien? It's a lifeless wasteland where there is no sky and if you look up you see the blackness of space even in broad daylight. That's a lot more than just a desert.

[@javierhillier4252]

@@plasmakitten4261 there is s sky though, the fine dust particles make the sky quite bright, there are clouds in the sky, its just a rusty orange sky, most clouds are made of co2 ice but some are water ice clouds

[@frustratid1230]

I had a problem with the fact that they're just entering their landers and bases with their spacesuits still on, especially since Mars dust is electrostatically charged and quite toxic as well

[@rkpetry]

[01:28] Although a Mars weather storm would be 1% of Earth strength it picks up dark dust and changes its solar thermal intake structure more compactly than on Earth, and the dust becomes a heavy atmosphere-like component, and seeding reflective ice on top the whole oscillates (pumps)... If the storm were jetstream-driven it could precipitate an iceblast; If it were triggered by outgassing from underground, it would be directed and warm like a cool-volcano-pyroclastic flow-and locally stronger and against Mars ⅜ths gravity....

[@jeffedwards6920]

The Martian is not only a fantastic book, but a very good adaptation into a movie that follows the majority of the story line almost perfectly (something that seems to rarely happen in films adapted form existing novels). Matt did great as Mark Watney, too. I've heard 99% of the novel/film's science is either accurate, or WILL be within a few years. The storms on Mars was where most scientists took issue, but other than that, it's quite realistic. I've seen it at least a dozen times. One of my favorite movies of the last 20 years easy.

[@andyabajo]

Humanity in 2015: In 2020, i think people are prepping to go to Mars baby! 2020: Corona happens

[@captainoates7236]

I understand this a very old post but I have a question that is very old, at least a question I have had since I first saw this film, which I love by the way. I keep trawling the internet, youtube or otherwise and no one seems to be asking this question. After the explosion, Mark seals the opening with polythene and 8 pieces of gaffer or duct tape making16 segments maybe 4 feet long making a diameter of 8 feet. As the pressure on Mars is almost negligable that means that the Mark Watney structure has to contain pretty much atmosphetic. Experts please explain.

[@tonyarichards5430]

And five years later the Rover is there doing this very thing.

[@jj-ry2db]

No the most exiting adventure of all time, but for this century. Because other centuries they go to other planets. I really think in the future they will land and check new planets on a monthly base

[@WillShackAttack]

As far as the storm in the beginning goes I guess the author had to use the fiction in science fiction to keep the main character on Mars.

[@LCfunbox]

Does anyone know what he injects himself with when he's stitching up his wound? It looked like the size of an EpiPen. I'm guessing it is some sort of cortisone shot.

[@CorwynGC]

+LC C I sure hope it was local anesthetic.

[@darrell2322]

Do on the expanse series

[@johnmcdonald1306]

Why cant we understand and harness earths natural energies that are considered disasters as opportunities of harnessing energy for better evolution of the planet and species

[@angelaphsiao]

I think the only thing that’s unrealistic about this movie is the storm on Sol 18(sol 6 in the book)

[@PetCreeer]

At least in the movie the spacesuit is accurate. On the cover it's not so much...

[@0cujo0]

Actually the spacesuit depiction isn't accurate at all. Where are the shoulder injuries? ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20120009404.pdf

[@johnrodgers1072]

+nikanj Wouldn't be much different from the Moon at all.

[@joelhkbn]

water just found in mars, how about that?

[@deepthinkerpoet]

It's going to be epic. Can't wait!

[@ruudparklimy]

I've posted this question on another video cos I'd really want to know the answer, if possible. First of all, totally loved the movie. My question is related to the storm at the beginning, but not so much about the atmosphere and the debris, but about the pod taking off. If the storm was as bad as it seemed in the movie, with the pod/ship tilting at terrible angles, is it still possible to make a take off? Cos it seems to me like with such strong winds and debris flying around, it is too dangerous to do so.

[@BharatDhanuka]

+Lim Yufan Yeah I agree how in the storm they try to pod take off

[@intigfx]

+Lim Yufan My guess is a risky takeoff is still way more preferrable to having the MAV tip over, which would have meant sure death for everyone.

[@redacted7731]

they had the OMS, a correctional booster on the side of the nose. they could have launched with that on to counteract the storm and launch in a straight line

[@rickbruner5525]

In the book Martinez used the maneuvering thrusters to stabilize the MAV until they could take off.

[@gusramos3620]

The original ending should have been where Watney gets supplies and waits for Ares V, but movie was too long, so they made ending we got today.

[@mitchellminer9597]

There was one dramatic shot of a "Martian" hill that was laced with goat trails. Having the whole potatoes was weird. Botany Boy could well have brought some seed packets just to experiment with. Sending a botanist and no experiments makes no sense. Beautiful movie, though.

[@ryuuk85]

We should been on Mars alrdy.

[@michal5642]

+Joseph W religion made sure that did not happen

[@berkancelebi3559]

Religion and politics and money (representative) and racism made sure that didn't happen 2,000 years ago

[@gulgaffel]

+Berkan Celebi Money? thats bullshit. Without kapitalism no one would care to do anything. Money is a great way to drive things forward, even if they may often happen in the wrong things. But without money we would be further back.

[@berkancelebi3559]

gulgaffel We could live without money but not without food,water,science

[@gulgaffel]

Berkan Celebi There are alot of useful things in society we could live without. We could live without science aswell. But that is aside the point, money is important for our society to work. No one is gonna spend hours researching if he only gets a thanks for it.

[@Slarti]

When he cuts his glove to cause acceleration along a vector, the acceleration is much too high. According to Newtons Law you would have to dump a large mass of air to get the sort of acceleration see in the film.

[@SalvadorDali22]

+jagara1 Plus all the air in the suit would be sucked out almost instantly.

[@DrawNCraft-Official]

Surprisingly entertaining movie. Great visuals, script and a testament to the human tenacity for survival.

[@bilbo_gamers6417]

The Martian is up there with Deadpool as one of my favorite films ever.

[@vidiveniviciDCLXVI]

You've not seen many films have you lol.

[@bilbo_gamers6417]

@@vidiveniviciDCLXVI yeah i was like a child when i wrote this. i think it was sorta sarcastic even then.

[@vidiveniviciDCLXVI]

@@bilbo_gamers6417 Fair enough mate, was just a hunch. Keep going, so many wonderful films for you to see. If you like Sci-fi, might I suggest a film called "Moon", If you like Drama's, you really need to see "Fury".

[@walternate2914]

But how would we combat bone density loss on the surface of Mars due to the planet's low gravity for an extended stay ?

[@tubenachos]

I'm still waiting for my Flux Capacitor.

[@oliverpelhamburn9334]

The storm actually is possible in the summer but not in the winter

[@HugoStiglitz89]

I typed in how did they seal the ground lip

[@johnjames4834]

spent the entire movie thinking about beer

[@mr.a4288]

Now I am watching in feb 2022.

[@bentleyboy72]

Checks out.

[@lonelygoner2012]

i dont see humans hitting mars in our lifetime

[@killcat1971]

We'll need to improve our propulsion first, anyone know what ran the ship? Looked like an Ion drive or maybe plasma, damn thing would need to be nuclear powered though.

[@killcat1971]

***** Thought so, the exhaust looked like VSIMIR.

[@richardvernon1853]

+killcat1971 the drive in the book is VSIMIR.

[@TheHoodmailbox]

I never understood in the book why the Martian mucks around with writing down the NASA messages in the dirt. Why wouldn't the Martian write down the messages on a slate with a big ass grey lead pencil? The use of a pencil would be unaffected by the low atmosphere, the hot or the cold, which could be a problem with a pencil or a marker.

[@Cal94]

7 years late but… if watney had pencils, he wouldn’t have had to use Martinez’s cross for kindling. I wager pencils were banned as flammable, and mechanical pencils banned for being messy (even malleable erasers can make a bit of mess)

[@johnnysparkleface3096]

I seriously doubt there would be lightning too.

[@adriantcullysover4640]

I think the biggest problem might be radiation. Both within the ship for deep space travel as well as arriving there.

[@Tfelde]

2021 covid has ran supreme and no human soul has been on mars. will keep you updated

[@2chill2]

Their movement under the Martian gravity looks too earth-like.

[@metajarra]

lamyeechiu Gosh I wonder why

[@pho.phonic]

This movie was so good.

[@FablestoneSeries]

potatoes need more than 3 inches of dirt. You've got to bury them a good foot into the dirt.

[@johnjames4834]

why do you need a botanist on a lifeless planet easiest gig ever

[@aarav_rao]

Mind blowing movie

[@iicoach6740]

Missed that mark being 2024.

[@Phorate]

and then we get there and find nothing like with the moon

[@alejomiranda95]

Nobody went to the Moon expecting to find aliens... Humans went to the Moon and will go to Mars because we could, because it is an achievement.

[@kp5602]

@@alejomiranda95 Because research*

[@Vulcano7965]

The Film was great and joins interstellar and gravity in terms of realism. But I'm not sure about the Lightning in martian dust storms. Is this a thing or bullshit like the way to strong winds?

[@shstan96]

Given that Strong dust stroms happen on Mars, it could happen in dusty winds, since those lightnings are caused by static electricity discharging. but again, strong sand storm like that was never observed.

[@Vulcano7965]

Stanley Park I was thinking of this possibility to, because we can observe something similar like this in volcanic ash clouds.

[@emuhill]

There has been some scientific speculation on whether or not dry lightning can occur on Mars during a dust storm. With no humidity in the atmosphere makes it a possibility. In 2009 there has been some detection of lightning sferics. So it looks like dry lightning is may be a reality on Mars. phys.org/news/2009-06-evidence-lightning-mars.html

[@user-ps4mw5om4j]

Gravity and Interstellar is realistic? Oh boy.

[@pranavarvind4281]

@@user-ps4mw5om4j Interstellar, yes.

[@nedenburayabaktn2981]

So except that storm, everything was accurate

[@fep_ptcp883]

The storm and the Iron Man flight in the end

[@44godson]

The beauty of Engineering

[@mjcruiser4238]

Terrific movie -accurate stuff except for the ending!

[@deepconscious7741]

I wasn't born when Man landed on the Moon. But I hope to see Man on Mars before I die. A fervent wish, hope it comes true.

[@tylerbroom8309]

These nasa guys don’t know about plants. Potatoes need full sun. There’s not nearly enough light to produce a crop.

[@crystallizard428]

the lights emit a sun-like light.

[@Nightshade_787B]

My favorite space movie. Next would be Interstellar.

[@dozenmattah33]

I can't understand where NASA could get all that money to save one person when they've got all them people willing to be trained to go up there.

[@OlmoKos]

So cool!

[@johnjames4834]

should send oj to mars but for real this time

[@metiendolapata]

what about their awesome, spacious, comfortable spaceship? lol , there's some vids abot the ISS and it has nothing in common.

[@MrAlexOrex]

Yes. Hermes looks too big and with too wide windows to be realistic radiation-shielded interplanetary transport. Even if it was (not in the book and film) an Aldrin cycler, cruising between Earth and Mars orbits without big propellant use (that might be the best option to accomplish REGULAR Mars missions, like in the film)

[@sonnyd9463]

Ya plus they used a tent as a roof of a spaceship

[@lefrise5]

What about all the facts that don't check out? Andy Weir himself mentions during interviews stuff like how the radiation would kill them all, how there is no such sandstorms on Mars etc... False optimism won't get us to Mars any-time soon.

[@tea-more]

Who is here after perseverance landed?

[@artisanartisan8564]

We should really fix up the Earth First

[@thorbenschmidt9978]

So what do we learn? Weed is better than potatoes

[@darrencorrigan8505]

Thanks, Wired.

[@bitchass1004]

They messed the sky up, wheres the milky way dust? You can see it without city lights, and i dont see it, and im PRETTY SURE there arent cities on mars hindering that view........ They focused to much on mars and not the stuff around it..

[@medalf]

The gravity on mars is only a third of earth. I know it's close to impossible to reproduce these effects in front of the camera but it still bugs me.

[@darksunrise957]

+medalf Yeah, but he's also wearing a rather heavy suit for the majority of it, which probably balanced it out a good deal.

[@thepoorliestdrawn]

i used to think that mars had the same gravity as earth

[@mayankkataria7080]

What about gravity, why everyone ignores this obvious fact

[@claramurzynski6739]

If we have to rely on SpaceX to get to Mars? It will NOT happen by 2020. As of this date, they haven't even successfully begun to scratch the surface on a moon mission much less manned space travel capability.

[@purplurplee5161]

+Clara Murzynski Same goes for the Mars one mission although we could be surprised. NASA orion project is supposed to put put people on Mars by the 2030s. So out of the 3 proposed missions i hope at least 1 will succeed

[@EclipseHedgehog]

while it is true the storm couldn't happen, it was confirmed by the author himself that he simply wanted 'nature' to have the first punch.

[@nuli2929]

What about the bomb they blew up later in the movie on the spaceship? Its hard for me to believe that this is possible in space. Even if it contains the necessary oxigen ^^"

[@utahraptorfast]

dragonfist.tv most form's of explosive have their own oxidizer. so they'd be fine.

[@ryancoughlan7205]

The room was flooded with 100% pure oxygen. Add sugar and a spark in a glass beaker and u have a basic pipe bomb

[@OverHour]

mars 2020 huh?

[@Adioss14]

Yeah right MARS 2020

[@nasabeats1]

We already got people on mars, cmon

[@ericynot]

+NASV BEVTS Donald Trump was raised there.

[@shojoe]

So poop is good fertilizer???

[@EpicProductions121]

Yup

[@steve1978ger]

Isn't the Mars soil highly toxic?

[@Slick_Echo]

Can someone please explain why he couldn’t regrow the potatoes after the explosion. He repaired the breach, and still had potatoes. Also had enough stuff to reproduce water. So explain please....

[@formerfuture9618]

Every part blew up, he couldn’t reuse them nor did he have spare parts I think

[@Slick_Echo]

FormerFuture but like, he had the the parts though. The mans had an entire rover/hub to be able to use. The only thing that would mess with him is running out of burnable stuff to produce the water.

[@formerfuture9618]

Slick Echo he had a hydrogen tank I’m pretty sure. And without hydrogen, no water

[@formerfuture9618]

Slick Echo also I think he was out of seeds, he put all of his seeds in the farm I’m pretty sure

[@nikhilpadhan5939]

he couldn't regrow the potatoes because the Martian atmosphere and temperature have killed the potato plants and sterilized the soil.

[@letsiamourao]

I love this movie

[@wilson2455]

the 3 Laws of Physics were thrown out the window, run over, then cut into a million pieces.. When I first saw the movie, I got sick of screaming, "NO.." at the screen.. 1. the Hermes using Earth to slingshot back to Mars is OK in theory, but they completely f*cked it up on so many levels..

[@ColinRichardson]

Don't get me started on "Gravity"

[@fishfish9107]

what do you mean am confused

[@paullittle4622]

Go to the moon first and see how that pans out, its a bit nearer

[@karilynnblack3608]

The book is much better if I’m being honest but the movie is still very very good

[@thestudentofficial5483]

The most scientific inaccurate is that fastest wind speed in Mars is 100 kmh and it has 1% of Earth's air mass

[@rattywoof5259]

What exactly does that ungrammatical sentence mean? They didn't say that the fastest windspeed on Mars was 100Kph - they merely used 100 Kph as an example to illustrate the fact that the physical force exerted by a Martin wind would be about 1% of the same speed wind on Earth. That IS accurate.

[@kugelblitz-zx9un]

@@rattywoof5259 Weir even gave an explanation about it.

[@victorm3054]

Its an advertisement, not a "fact check"

[@mikos321]

awesome movie :D

[@4TIMESAYEAR]

Puncturing his suit to use as a rocket I don't think was realistic. The suit puncture on Mars wasn't realistic either. I doubt it would have self sealed with blood. Nope, nope, nope

[@4TIMESAYEAR]

@MF Nickster If memory serves correctly, I should think he would have started freezing; lungs collapse, etc. It would be urgent that he seal the puncture - not use it as propulsion. Ah, fiction...lol.

[@mosh2225]

Can The Donald really take us to Mars in the 2030s like he says?

[@user-ps4mw5om4j]

nope

[@omer88f]

*We won't live in Mars, Jupiter or anywhere else.. we are doomed to see Doomsday here on Earth.*

[@bella-rolland]

so the only wrong thing in this movie is the storm

[@symmetry08]

Well, I heard that we could have used alien base for our own advantage to have easy start-up over there. But, those guys of alien origin decided to destroy trace of any activity for some reason, and now we are in big trouble to get there and stay long enough to be considered successful science research trip to mars. They are making it harder for us.

[@randompanda876]

Kool