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A Decade After The Release Of ‘The Martian’ And A Decade Out From The World It Envisions, A Planetary Scientist Checks In On Real-life Mars Exploration - Stuff South Africa

Andy Weir’s bestselling story “The Martian” predicts that by 2035, NASA will have landed humans on Mars three times, perfected return-to-Earth flight systems and collaborated with the China National Space Administration. We are now 10 years past the Hollywood adaptation’s 2015 release and 10 years shy of its fictional timeline. At this midpoint, Mars exploration looks a bit different from how it was portrayed in “The Martian,” with both more dis…