TEXT: Javier Delgado: Previously on Mars. Ed Grann: We at MMC feel that we're ready to go faster. Hana Seung: Phase two expansion was underway and the Cyngus crew had arrived with experts to oversee our upgrades. Base commander Hana Seung. We had hoped to have the second facility up by now, but we've been running into trouble every step of the way. Leslie Richardson: Within two months we'll have enough power to double the size and capacity of your facilities. Marta Kamen: Hana approved this? Leslie Richardson: I informed her yes. Joon Seung: It's a little too ambitious right now. Ed Grann: You don't go to Mars without ambition. Hana Seung: No matter how hard Ed Grann's team worked to expand Olympus town's infrastructure, Mars worked even harder to tear it down. Javier Delgado: Oliver! Hana Seung: And I was caught in the middle, trying to keep us alive. Ed Grann: Our dream is now a reality. Hana Seung: They don't know Mars. Robert Foucault: I don't think we're going to get a chance to get that reactor back online. [Theme music plays] [SCENE_BREAK] Mae: Pressurization complete, perprolate deposits detected. Please sanitize before entry. Hana Seung: Seung Hana, mission entry phase 2. We've been in full storm protocol for the last two months, trying to budget the power and resources we have. The way current satellite forecasts are looking it could be anywhere between 5 to 8, 9 weeks before the storm passes. There's no sign of relief. Experiments have been put on hold. All EVA's suspended. The days seem like they go on forever, filled with innane tasks and darkness. Sam: And no grown-up will ever understand... That this is a matter of so much importance! My grandfather used to read me this book on long blizzard nights. I hope this storm ends before I have the whole thing memorized. Hana Seung: We never had a chance to bring the nuclear reactor back online after Oliver's accident. The redundancies
SUMMARY:
In 2037, 8 weeks into the dust storm, the colony is on lockdown. Psychological pressure takes its toll as the crew is trapped in the habitat. The dust storm is in its 2nd month and the base commander has to ration power. The temperature in the habitat has dropped and the doctor is checking all crew members. A botanist who loses his grip with reality, due to the decimation of his crops and the disintegration of his marriage, opens an airlock killing himself and several others. In 2016, NASA performed the simulation " HI-SEAS " mission in Mauna Loa, Hawaii to test the effects of isolation and the psychology of a crew living closely together for a period of 12 months.