Ridley Scott on Water on Mars

Director Ridley Scott recently revealed that he knew about the existence of water on Mars much before anyone else. He worked closely with NASA for his movie The Martian starring Matt Damon. He was made aware of the phenomenon during his discussions with NASA.

Ridley stated, “I knew that months ago. When I first talked to NASA, we got into all kinds of stuff and I said, 'So I know you've got down there (these) massive glaciers.' And he said, 'Yeah, that the massive white thing (on the surface of Mars) that gets covered with dust, we think that's ice.' And I said, 'Wow! Does that mean there was an ocean?' Are we right now what Mars was 750 million years ago?' And they went, 'Uh, good question.' So they want to go up there and find out”.

He revealed that he did not alter the plot of his film because of this knowledge as the movie had already gone into production. The 77-year-old director said, “(Damon's astronaut) would've found the edge of a glacier, definitely. It would be fascinating. But then I would've lost a great sequence. He has to make water, and the steaming device, and put up the plastic tents, which creates the humidity, which grows the plants, which is the most basic form of irrigation”.

Source: csfd.cz