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Mars
Ares 3 Crew
NASA
Equipment
Science
100
The first manned space missions to Mars, there have only been three so far.
What is the Ares program?
100
The Midwestern city where Mark grew up.
What is Chicago?
100
The director of Mars operations, he handled all communication with Watney personally.
Who is Venkat Kapoor?
100
This is the basic shelter Mark Watney survives in for the majority of his stay on Mars.
What is the Hab?
100
The term for a day on Mars, which is slightly longer than an Earth day.
What is a Sol?
200
This is the area of Mars where Ares 3 landed, composed of mostly flat land.
What is Acidalia Planitia?
200
These two professions Mark has trained in helped him survive on Mars.
What are mechanical engineer and botanist?
200
The failed probe that was designed to bring supplies to Watney.
What is Iris?
200
The generator that harnesses extremely radioactive plutonium for heat, which Mark used for heat in his rover.
What is the RTG?
200
This is the type of plutonium inside of the RTG.
What is Plutonium-238?
300
This is the crater Watney's rover crashed into near the Ares 4 landing site.
What is Schiaparelli?
300
This former Navy officer was the commander of Ares 3.
Who is Commander Lewis?
300
This is the Chinese launch site for the second Mars supply probe.
What is Jiuquan?
300
This is the Mars probe that Watney rewired to communicate with NASA.
What is Pathfinder?
300
This is the lowest surface temperature possible on Mars.
What is -225F?
400
This small moon of Mars sets every 11 hours.
What is Phobos?
400
This Air Force pilot saved Ares 3 from many disastrous flight disasters with his quick wits.
Who is Martinez?
400
He is the flight commander in charge of Ares 3. He also sent an unapproved document to the crew on Hermes.
Who is Mitch Henderson?
400
This is the constantly accelerating engine on Hermes, the main spacecraft.
What is a constant-thrust ion engine?
400

This is the level of gravity on Mars.

What is .3G's?

500
This vital component in Earth's atmosphere prevented Watney from making a compass to assist his travels.
What is a magnetic field?
500

Vogel, the German programmer for the crew, served this as his second profession.

What is a chemist?

500
This underachieving aerodynamics engineer put together the plan that was used to save Mark Watney.
Who is Rich Purnell?
500
This software was used to transfer a hidden message to the crew of Ares 3.
What is ASCII?
500
Mark Watney officially _______d Mars when he attempted to grow potatoes.
What is colonize?