The Martian Space Suit

[MoviesColin]

Just curious, of what use would a terran-synchronized watch be? Wouldn't it be more useful to have a watch that kept track of Sols, and such?

I think it would be more useful to be synced with Earth, as that's what the Hermes crew as well as all of NASA are using. If nothing else, so he can go "oh hey, it's Christmas today."

If I was on Mars, I would want to know what earth time was so I could think of when a possible re supply or communication could arrive.

 

[1stage]

Good argument. Maybe a dual time watch that shows both? Seems like Watney's survival depends on knowing Sols and local "date", although no one in mission planning could anticipate the level of survival he endures.

 

[MoviesColin]

Well he does have the tally marks in the Hab to count the Sols. And his entry logs which I assume are daily.

 

[Andreas Persson]

I found a really nice reference photo on mattdamonfan.net showing a bit of the inside of the helmet.



Also, green dots holding on the visor?

Edit:
Also notice the LED strip on the inside. Good reference for size

 

[Andreas Persson]

Double post.

Edit:
Guess I'll use this post for something.
From the book I got the impression that that the logs automatically recorded what the current sol was.

 

[MoviesColin]

Also, green dots holding on the visor?

Those are for CG effects. The green markers create an easy placement for CGI elements into a scene. They could be using this for the glass visor parts for the entire film or for specific "stunts" or shots that require movement that may otherwise break or damage the glass or hurt the actor.

 

[James1214]

Hey Andreas Persson, from that photo you posted it appears as though the snake eye screws on most of the armor pieces are molded and part of the casting, maybe it would be more cost effective (maybe) to just cast up a bunch of screw heads for the non-structural uses and limit the real thing to when they are needed for actually holding stuff together. I think if your suit is appropriately weathered it would be nearly impossible to tell the difference.

 

[Andreas Persson]

Looking closely at this image reveals those pegs in the same color as the frame around the visor, so they're still there.

 

[MoviesColin]

They may be molded into the helmet, and colored green for the "stunt" helmets and colored a better color for the hero helmets.

 

[Andreas Persson]

Thanks for the tip, James1214. I've been thinking about the relation between the suit and the plates and it has crossed my mind that there has to be a way they're connected securely to the neoprene suit. I believe they use threaded metal sheets underneath the neoprene to anchor the plates with the security screws just like they might have done with the valves but that's just a wild guess. It would be more practical to do repairs of the dry-suit that way if you need to.

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MoviesColin, it's also a great way to hold the visor so that in case of an emergency it's easy to remove. Safety first

 

[nick daring]

Here aer some super hi res publicity photos-
http://www.moviestillsdb.com/movies/the-martian-i3659388

 

[MoviesColin]

Do I really need to pay money to download a picture from that site?

 

[nick daring]

It's a pretty neat site actually. You get credits for uploading stuff. It encourages people to share their photo collections. Some great stuff on there that I haven't encountered elsewhere with certain films.

 

[Soulinertia]

Nice work on the helmet so far @Captain April :thumbsup

 

[Mystic5523]

Keep an eye on The Martian and Under Armour's twitter accounts. While checking my Twitter this morning, the movie twitter account posted a pic of what looked like Watney in silhouette in a Martian sunset with Coming Soon and the Under Arnour logo under it. But when I went to open the picture they had already deleted the tweet and the pic wouldn't load. I'm not sure it it was just a sponsored ad for the movie or if Under Armour is doing some sort of Martian line like they did with Marvel

 

[slythrntimelord]

Thanks for the heads up. I'm still bitter about missing that Captain America undershirt from Under Armour.

 

[slythrntimelord]

Is this the tweet: https://twitter.com/UnderArmour/sta...2?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet

 

[Mystic5523]

Is this the tweet: https://twitter.com/UnderArmour/sta...2?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet

Nope. I was wrong about the sunset, its just back lighting. Here's the tweet that they posted too early this morning:

https://twitter.com/MartianMovie/status/641257528043532288

Here's an image for anyone that doesn't have Twitter:

 

[Bedon292]

Looks like some sort of behind the scenes workout / training stuff. Not sure it will be in the movie, but definitely interesting.

 

[Mystic5523]

Yeah, they did a reveal this morning and its just a product tie in for UA. Not nearly as cool as I was hoping.