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they ascend to the main spacecraft for the journey home, the entire crew becomes gravely ill. They suspect infection by Martian microbes, but commander Rick Erwin refuses to open the seals on their Martian samples for fear of further contamination. It is discovered that carbon monoxide poisoning is the actual culprit, and they manage to deal with the problem. On final approach to Earth it is discovered that the Terra Nova's braking thrusters are malfunctioning making a safe return impossible unless repairs are carried out. After a dangerous spacewalk they repair the damage, but astronaut Antoine Hebert is nearly killed by electrocution. The mini-series ends as Olympus' crew module prepares to land and then cuts to a scene in the year 2095 to show a Mars base named for
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The crew's proposal is accepted, and they redouble their drilling efforts. After days of non-stop work, they finally strike water, but crew member Hiromi is killed when pressure builds in the well causing an explosion that knocks over a beam of the drilling platform and crushes his spacesuit. After
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The four-hour mini-series begins in the year 2026, with a test lander exploding on landing. Jumping to 2029, the narrator explains the mission, 'Project Olympus' and shows the four
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A companion book of the same title, written by Dana Berry, was also published in September 2007. It was offered as a selection of the
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channel on September 23, 2007 and the second part on September 30. It was produced in association with
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This article is about the 2007 TV miniseries. For the competitive race to go to Mars in real life, see
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for it to contain life. Meanwhile, the crew's drilling equipment is irreparably damaged by a Martian
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and back. They suffer numerous equipment failures along the way, eventually traced back to
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that is based on contemporary international research. The first part aired on
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is a 2007 Canadian television mini-series about a fictitious mission to
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Index

Mars race
George Mihalka
Mars
Discovery Channel Canada
High Definition
Galafilm
William Shatner
Science Fiction Book Club
Mars Rising
NTR
astronauts
United States
Russia
France
Canada
Japan
Mars
fraud
subcontractor
China
calcium chloride
dust devil
Robert H. Goddard
List of films set on Mars
Official website
Race to Mars
IMDb
Categories
2000s Canadian television miniseries
English-language Canadian films

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