How did John Carter survive on Mars?
In the movie John Carter, he (John Carter) is able to jump high because of low gravity but how does he survive there if the atmosphere is so different than Earth's?
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The movie John Carter, is based on the Barsoom novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs - in particular A Princess of Mars.
Burroughs began working on the novel in 1911 and at that time, current scientific theories about Mars were very different from what we know today. Wikipedia gives credit for much of the scientific background to the book Mars by the astronomer Percival Lowell (published in 1895). In all likelihood there were other inspirations such as Camille Flammarion, whose Wikipedia entry says that Burroughs "are referring to him in their writing", and Giovanni Sciaparelli, whose Wikipedia article describes the origin of the idea for canals on Mars:
During the planet's "Great Opposition" of 1877, he observed a dense network of linear structures on the surface of Mars which he called "canali" in Italian, meaning "channels" but the term was mistranslated into English as "canals."
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Why was John Carter so strong on Mars?
John Carter was born on Earth, then later transported to Mars. Martian gravity is 38% of Earth's gravity, or roughly 1/3 of Earth's. Which would make him roughly three times stronger than a normal inhabitant of Barsoom.How is John Carter transported to Mars?
Carter and Powell struck it rich by finding gold in Arizona. While hiding from Apaches in a cave, he appears to die; leaving his inanimate body behind, he is mysteriously transported by a form of astral projection to the planet Mars, where he finds himself re-embodied in a form identical to his earthly one.How long was John on Mars?
John Carter says: "The ten Earth years I had spent upon Barsoom had encompassed but five years and ninety-six days of Martian time" (GM/20).How much money did John Carter lose?
John Carter, the 2012 science fiction movie which bombed at the box office, cost the Walt Disney Company $306.6 million to make according to recently-released documents. They also reveal that Britain's tax authority paid Disney $42.9 million towards the cost of making the movie which became one of its biggest flops.John Carter Of Mars Origins - A Pulp Sci-fi Hero And His Enigmatic Universe Unraveled
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