The Martian Day 2

Which Ares mission is Mark a part of?

• II

• III

• IV

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How does NASA first realize Mark is still alive?

• He contacts them via radio

• A satellite photo shows equipment movement

• They receive a distress beacon

• The crew of Hermes gets a message

In The Martian, Pathfinder is a former NASA Mars lander that was used by Mark Watney to establish communication with Earth after his initial habitat's antenna was destroyed. He retrieves the Pathfinder lander and uses its radio and ___ to contact NASA. 

• camera

• telescope

• solar panels

• computer

What challenge does Mark face while retrieving Pathfinder?

• Pathfinder is buried under dust

• The terrain is too steep

• Pathfinder is damaged beyond repair

Mitch Henderson tells the crew that Mark is alive. How long did they wait to tell them?

• 1 month

• 2 months

• 4 months

To first communicate, Mark uses a language that uses fewer than 26 letters called

• fractions

• decimals

• hexi-decimals

Mark knows the next time NASA will visit Mars is ? years from then and 3200 km away.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Mark tests to see if he can even make it to Ares 4. He finds that he doesn't have enough battery life to get to the Ares 4 site AND have heat in the Rover, so he digs up _____ to stay warm and takes batteries from Rover 1.

• radioactive plutonium

• magma

• an old heater

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How does NASA communicate with Mark?

• a signal drone

• with really good WIFI

• linked the Rover to the Pathfinder frequency