Mars, Dead or Alive
2004 · 57 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 56 VOTES · DIR. Mark Davis
Overview
NOVA goes behind the scenes at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to offer a look at the construction and launch of two Martian exploratory rovers: ""Spirit"" and ""Opportunity"".
Dialogue Timeline — 881 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:00 Subtitled by Andrommeda
00:06:38 There's evidence of more ice underground
00:08:38 to locate minerals that formed in contact with water.
00:10:54 identical design, but not one that's going to Mars.
00:12:19 it works to the benefit of the system.
00:13:59 If they miss it,they may not get another chance
00:16:29 until we're successful.
00:18:36 there isn't a five-meter tall, pointy, sharp rock
00:20:33 And, um, we drop.
00:22:35 and a heater to keep things warm at night.
00:24:47 magically find time in our schedule for a redesign cycle
00:27:09 150 below zero at night,very thin atmosphere
00:29:31 All right, we can get started. Right now we're a week behind
00:31:23 or causing it to swing when the rockets fire
00:33:30 and time is the enemy.
00:35:51 This is super-megabummer, so...
00:37:56 and we have very littleelbow room.
00:40:09 Come on, come on...
00:42:09 but doesn't challenge it too much.
00:44:26 it may not make sense to ever fly them.
00:46:24 We're heading to Mars, maybe today, maybe a few days
00:49:33 Secure water flow. Closed.
00:52:10 and the mission controllers are just spectators.
135:00:00 machine will make it possible
Cast & Characters
Mark Adler
Self - Deputy Mission Manager, MER
Jim Colvin
Self - Rover Engineer
Juan R. Cruz
Self - Landing Systems Engineer, MER
George H. Diller
Self - NASA Countdown Voice, Kennedy Space Center
Ho-Jin Huang
Self - Test Engineer
Joel Krajewski
Self - Rover Engineer
Gentry Lee
Self - Scientist, Mars Program, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Wayne Lee
Self - Entry, Descent and Landing Systems Engineer, MER
Dan Limonadi
Self - Rover Engineer
Randel Lindemann
Self - Rover Systems Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed881
Dialogue density15.5 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line135:00:00
Production Record
DirectorMark Davis
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes56