Mann's Planet

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The door to the hyper-sleep chamber opens with a resounding pop and release of pressure. The crew of the Endurance has chosen the planet of the aptly named Dr. Mann, and as a result raised him from a nearly permanent hibernation. Mann, dazed and confused at the seemingly sudden appearance of his NASA colleagues, breaks down and sobs. He has not seen another human for what seemed to be an eternity. Mann’s planet, as he describes it, is a perfect candidate for life despite its dead and cold appearance. Eager to explore the future home of humanity, Cooper insists on a tour to the site at which Mann discovered that his planet was the one for humanity. Dr. Mann accepts, and the two begin a trek into the frozen wasteland. By all surface observation, Mann’s planet is dead. The planet is so incredibly cold that even the clouds on the plant are semi-solid. The air has toxic levels of ammonia that would kill a human in minutes. The terrain on the planet is black and jagged with ice. Huge mountains and deep pits of ice cover the surface. Everything about the planet seems to be in stark …show more content…
Evolution has yet to transcend that simple barrier. We can care deeply - selflessly - about those we know, but that empathy rarely extends beyond our line of sight” (Interstellar). He is talking about how Cooper agreed to go on the mission initially because he thought that he would be saving his family back on earth by bringing them to the new system NASA was exploring. The real plan, unbeknownst to Cooper and most of the rest of the crew, was to set up a small human colony and leave the people back on earth to die. Mann and the other creators of the real plan believed that humanity’s case was hopeless and that people would not be able to save the species unless they thought that they would be saving themselves. This was the reason for the creation of the
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