With food a critical, though not immediate, problem, he begins growing potatoes in the crew's Martian habitat (the Hab), and burns hydrazine to generate water for the plants. His philosophy is to "work the problem", solving each challenge in turn as it confronts him. He must rely on his own resourcefulness to survive. His injury proves relatively minor, but with no long-range radio, he cannot communicate with anyone. As the MAV teeters dangerously, mission commander Melissa Lewis has no choice but to take off without completing the search for Watney. He is flung out of sight by the wind and presumed dead. During the hurried evacuation, an antenna tears loose and impales astronaut Mark Watney, a botanist and engineer, also disabling his spacesuit radio. After only six sols, an intense dust and wind storm threatens to topple their Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV), which would trap them on the planet. ![]() ![]() In the year 2035, the crew of NASA's Ares 3 mission have arrived at Acidalia Planitia for a planned month-long stay on Mars.
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