JPL’S ROLE IN THE MARTIAN BY MARK WATNEY
JPL’s role in The Martian by Mark Watney is in the novel and film. Technology from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, plays an essential role in Watney’s castaway adventure. The story captures JPL engineers, who dive headlong into the challenge of communicating with NASA astronaut stranded on Mars. Additionally, the astronauts launched supplies …