Flight to Mars story
An American scientific expedition team arrives on Mars and discover that it is inhabited by an underground-dwelling but dying civilization that appear to be human.
13 total · 5 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| interplanetary space travel | major | Crew goes on an spaceflight to Mars. |
| Martian extraterrestrial | major | Crew found underground-dwelling but dying civilization on Mars. |
| post-scarcity economy utopia | major | The Martians lived in a technologically advanced underground city where all material needs were satisfied through energy harnessed from the fictional mineral Corium. |
| space exploration | major | There was a pioneering expedition to Mars. |
| subterranean civilization | major | Martians had underground civilization. |
| father and daughter | minor | Councilman and Alita. |
| female independence | minor | Carol Stafford was a confident scientist. Jim Baker was surprised when the female Alita turned out to be a highly skilled engineer. |
| love triangle | minor | Jim Baker, Carol Stafford, and Alita. |
| nested universe | minor | Dr. Lane speculated that we are all miniature universes filled with sentient corpuscles. |
| nuclear fission power | minor | The Martians were interested in learning how the Humans had used nuclear power to fuel their rocketship. |