‘The Martian’ raises serious questions over the feasibility of a manned mission to Mars
Close on the heels of the release of the movie The Martian – and the discovery that the red planet contains liquid water – Nasa has unveiled a bold plan for getting humans to Mars within the next few decades.
The timing may seem odd. In the film, an astronaut is stranded on Mars and has to be rescued. The expenditure is astronomical, risks are enormous and just about everything that can go wrong does.
It’s such a realistic portrayal of the dynamics of a manned mission to the red planet that the film hardly looks like an advertisement for Nasa. Yet it is. By linking its Mars aspirations to a story of a mission gone wrong, the space agency sought to highlight the challenges and cost of manned space travel.
However, the film raises questions as to whether we are ready yet for a journey to Mars. Is a manned Mars mission worth the expense? The decision is ours.
Cricket World Cup League 2
UAE squad
Rahul Chopra (captain), Aayan Afzal Khan, Ali Naseer, Aryansh Sharma, Basil Hameed, Dhruv Parashar, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Waseem, Omid Rahman, Rahul Bhatia, Tanish Suri, Vishnu Sukumaran, Vriitya Aravind
Fixtures
Friday, November 1 – Oman v UAE
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Director: Laila Abbas
Starring: Yasmine Al Massri, Clara Khoury, Kamel El Basha, Ashraf Barhoum
Rating: 4/5
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'Operation Mincemeat'
Director: John Madden
Cast: Colin Firth, Matthew Macfayden, Kelly Macdonald and Penelope Wilton
Rating: 4/5
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Season/club/appearances (substitute)/goals
2011/12 Chelsea: 8(7) - 0
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2013/14 Chelsea: 2(2) - 0
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2014/15 Everton: 36(4) - 10
2015/16 Everton: 37(1) - 18
2016/17 Everton: 37(1) - 25
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Forwards: Harry Kane, Jamie Vardy, Marcus Rashford, Danny Welbeck
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Transmission: eight-speed automatic
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Company name: Yeepeey
Started: Soft launch in November, 2020
Founders: Sagar Chandiramani, Jatin Sharma and Monish Chandiramani
Based: Dubai
Industry: E-grocery
Initial investment: $150,000
Future plan: Raise $1.5m and enter Saudi Arabia next year
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Temple numbers
Expected completion: 2022
Height: 24 meters
Ground floor banquet hall: 370 square metres to accommodate about 750 people
Ground floor multipurpose hall: 92 square metres for up to 200 people
First floor main Prayer Hall: 465 square metres to hold 1,500 people at a time
First floor terrace areas: 2,30 square metres
Temple will be spread over 6,900 square metres
Structure includes two basements, ground and first floor
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● Company: Bidzi
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● Based: Dubai, UAE
● Industry: M&A
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● No of employees: Nine
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Brief scores
Toss India, chose to bat
India 281-7 in 50 ov (Pandya 83, Dhoni 79; Coulter-Nile 3-44)
Australia 137-9 in 21 ov (Maxwell 39, Warner 25; Chahal 3-30)
India won by 26 runs on Duckworth-Lewis Method