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Scene from the movie "The Martian" (Original Post) edhopper Jul 2020 OP
Please check your subject line. n/t rzemanfl Jul 2020 #1
No don't jpak Jul 2020 #3
LOL Blecht Jul 2020 #5
I am slightly edhopper Jul 2020 #7
My keyboard is dyslectic. rzemanfl Jul 2020 #8
OT, but if someone died on Mars in a space suit would they be a skeleton? nuxvomica Jul 2020 #2
Don't be getting all sciency on it! Hugin Jul 2020 #4
"Meteorology estimates he'll be covered in Ilsa Jul 2020 #9
The rescue astronauts would be from the ESA like Vogel, wearing that patch irisblue Jul 2020 #6
I loved that line in the movie when he said he was going to have to mnhtnbb Jul 2020 #10
Republicans don't use "science" as a verb, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2020 #11

nuxvomica

(12,421 posts)
2. OT, but if someone died on Mars in a space suit would they be a skeleton?
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 10:21 AM
Jul 2020

I can imagine the astronaut's own microbiome cleaning the bones but wouldn't it be too hostile an environment for the microbes to survive long enough?

irisblue

(32,967 posts)
6. The rescue astronauts would be from the ESA like Vogel, wearing that patch
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 10:37 AM
Jul 2020

I love the movie & book

Wiki-"Alex Vogel is a German chemist and astronaut who works for the European Space Agency (ESA). He is part of the Ares III mission as a joint project between NASA and ESA. In addition to being part of the Ares III mission, Vogel is also the first German to go to Mars.

mnhtnbb

(31,382 posts)
10. I loved that line in the movie when he said he was going to have to
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 05:57 PM
Jul 2020

"science the shit" out of his situation.

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