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MISSION TO MARS

Study guide

Answer the questions as completely as possible.

  1. Who are the main characters and what are their roles?
  1. Why didn’t Jim and Maggie make the MARS I team?
  1. What year did the excursion take place?
  1. What did the first crew think that they found on the planet that eventually killed some of them?
  1. How did the DNA strand look compared to your model?
  1. What caused the critical systems alert on the second voyage? How did they know how to fix it?
  1. What happened when Jim tried to get to Mars and hit the ignition button?
  1. Why did they abandon the ship if the main compartment was still working and in tact?
  1. What was Woody’s plan to get to the REMO?
  1. What did they find so unexpected on the planet when they arrived?
  1. What was Luke’s secret? Why did no one notice?
  1. How did the DNA code get transmitted to Luke? Why was it there?
  1. What did they discover about what happened to Mars? What happened after this catastrophic event?

The Following questions you will have to think about to in order to answer. You need to watch the movie and use background info from it to answer them.

  1. What is NASA and what do the letters stand for?
  1. Why would they have to organize the launch around specific dates and orbit alignments? Use a diagram if necessary.
  1. What is embolize?
  1. When Woody pulled his helmut off what physically happened to him?
  1. Explain the theory of origin of life on earth according to the movie. Is this theory plausible? Why? Does it discredit our current theories? Explain.
  1. When Jim stayed in the face, why did he takes Maggie’ advice? What does that mean? Do you agree with his decision? Why?

7. What did Jim get dunked in? Is this possible? Explain.