Interview with Mark The Martian

List 5 questions you would like to ask Mark….record his answers, then write a 

News Report based on his answers. Use the handout to help you remember the plot.

Questions and answers.

1. What is a sol? Martian solar day

2. How did you get a wound? Struck by debris

3. What did you take to get the pathfinder probe? He took the Rover

4. What did you try to grow on mars? Potatoes

5.  What country helped in your rescue?   China        

News Report:

e.g. Well known tennis player, Tony Rutene, landed in the wrong town for his latest tennis tournament. He was stuck there with no transport, no money, no food and no communications. His teammates had no idea where he was and after a week gave him up for dead because he was unable to access  a phone or computer given that everyone in the town was in lockdown. Noone travelled out of their bubble and it was only by chance that a helicopter flew over and saw Tony’s message in a vacant plot. ‘HELP!’ The pilot landed  on the plot and at a safe distance was able to sort Tony out and fly him back home to his relieved family and teammates.

Write your draft news report here:

Space mission biologist Mark Watney landed accidentally on Mars after a storm. He had no food or no contact with NASA to get him off Mars. Luckily Mindy Park, a NASA satellite planner saw movement on Mars and figured he was alive. He was rescued with the help of a Chinese space administration team and he got safely back to Earth.