![]() He works the first days of his confinement on the major problems-food and water. He’s entirely alone on Mars with no way to communicate with Earth. He regains consciousness and tends to his wounds. ![]() The crew saw his vitals fall and left him, believing him to be dead. During the chaos of the storm, Mark was hit by the satellite dish, its antenna puncturing Mark’s suit. Only five days into their one-month mission, a devastating storm forced the crew to abort early. ![]() The Martian begins on Sol 6, the sixth day that Mark Watney and the crew of the Hermes, part of the third Ares mission, were supposed to be on Mars. Spoiler alert: important details of the novel are revealed below. Initially, the biggest problems are regaining communication and finding a way for Mark to survive four years on one year worth of provisions, but soon there are even more complex problems to surmount, all leading up to a climactic ending. The novel switches between his perspective on Mars and that of NASA administration and operators as they attempt to figure out a rescue plan. The novel picks up after he’s regained consciousness and is journalling, recalling everything that led up to his being left alone on Mars with the crew of the Hermes starting their return journey. After having been injured in a devastating storm, the character of Mark Watney is thought dead. The Martian tells one man’s fictional story of survival alone on Mars. ![]()
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