Amazingly, the methods Mark uses to try and survive, as shown in The Martian, are all feasible. Growing potatoes on Mars is theoretically possible, and Mark is a botanist, so he has the training and expertise to make it work. Even today, NASA is conducting experiments growing crops with simulated Martian soil.
While the crop growing is realistic, even more impressive is the method Mark uses to ignite a rocket capsule. Breaking apart water fuel using the scientific process of electrolysis produces hydrogen and oxygen, which can then be ignited to create an explosion, or in the case of Mar’s thin atmosphere, thrust. This moment in The Martian seems almost unbelievable, but real-life MacGuyvers can do this on Earth.
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