Mars

**Mars** is the fourth planet from the sun in the Sol system in real-life.

### Disney Parks

Mars is a planet in the Sol system which is the fourth orbiting the sun. It is possible that Mars was natively inhabited by aliens referred to as, "Little Green Beings". However it is also possible that these aliens were not native to Mars but instead colonized it via space-travel in the 20th-21st century.

At some point between 1986 and 2002, flights to Mars were organized from the futurist colony of Tomorrowland in California on the planet Earth. One Mr. Johnson in particular oversaw a rocket known as *The Moonliner* to fly to Mars and dodge the massive space between planets via a hyperspace-penetration through space-time. At-least one of these flights crashed into the volcano of *Olympus Mons* albeit with the ship and crew being perfectly fine. These events might have been subject of controversy in Tomorrowland's history with some believing it to be connected to hoaxes.

By Earth's 2000s, Mars had established several colonies on it which were travelled to by aliens of planets from throughout the galaxy. A group known as the, "Order of Little Green Beings" had connections to Mars in addition to Tomorrowland. In 2004, NASA sent the robotic rovers SPIRIT and OPPORTUNITY to Mars.

## Appearances and allusions

### Cosmic Ray's Starlight Café

Mars is mentioned by the alien performer Sonny Eclipse from the planet Zork as holding a club which he performed at one. During this performance, Sonny first came across the invisible aliens, "The Space Angels" who became his backup singers although it is unknown if they are natives to Mars or not.

### ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter

Mars was referenced in the queue for this attraction where he was mentioned as part a lecture for the League of Planets titled, " MISSION TO MARS: HISTORY OR HOAX?" in the *Tomorrowland Interplanetary Convention Centre* and given by one Professor Tom Morrow.

### Mission: SPACE

This EPCOT attraction is a flight simulator attraction of sending ships to Mars while using hyper-sleep to cheat the distance between planets. Outside of this attraction is pavement alluding to the 2004 rover explorations of Mars.

### Mission to Mars

This attraction had guests be part of a Moonliner voyage from Tomorrowland to Mars under one Mr. Johnson. Guests travelled to the planet via a jump through hyperspace-penetration before nearly crashing on Olympus Mons.

### Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant

The Mars and Beyond episode of the Wonderful World of Disney plays in this diner themed to being a 1950s drive-in theatre.

### Skipper Canteen

One of the books of Alberta Falls' library in the *Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen* is titled *Mission to Mars* by one Tom Morrow.

### The Timekeeper

A poster in the queue for this attraction made reference to a ship called the, "Marsmobile" and the Martian Pops Orchestra presented by the, "Order of Little Green Beings".

### In other media

#### Printed-materials

##### John Carter

These books by Edgar Rice Burroughs followed a man named John Carter who finds himself on Mars (known as **Barsoom** to its residents) where he becomes a hero.

#### Television

##### The Wonderful World of Disney

The season 4 episode, "Mars and Beyond" was dedicated to Walt Disney and a robot called GARCO giving an overview of Mars in technology and science-fiction.

## Connections

### Space Mountain

The attraction Mission: SPACE uses the, "X-2 Deep Space Shuttle" to take guests from EPCOT to the planet Mars. The X-2 is implied to be related to the X-1 spaceship in Walt Disney World's Space Mountain.

## References

1. ↑ https://allears.net/2014/06/30/tomorrowland-part-six/
2. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2009/07/were-on-mars.html
3. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2012/02/space-home-garden.html