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Approaching the Unknown ()


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A U.S. astronaut prepares for a mission to Mars.

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William D. Stanaforth
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Louis 'Skinny' Skinner (CapCom)
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Emily Maddox
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Greenstreet
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Worsely
Steven Brower ...
Featured in Civilian Astronaut Footage
Stephanie Gould ...
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Franziska Lamprecht ...
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Amanda Larson ...
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Featured in Civilian Astronaut Footage (as a different name)
St. John McKay ...
Featured in Civilian Astronaut Footage
James O'Connell ...
Featured in Civilian Astronaut Footage
Michael O'Connell ...
Featured in Civilian Astronaut Footage
Clare O'Connell ...
Featured in Civilian Astronaut Footage
Neel Patel ...
Featured in Civilian Astronaut Footage
Adam Steltzner ...
Featured in Civilian Astronaut Footage
Mandy Parton ...
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Hannah Glenn ...
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Jaslyn Huang ...
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Jessica Huang ...
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Lily Sanchez ...
Featured in Teacher / Student Footage
Benjamin Solder ...
Featured in Teacher / Student Footage
Joe James ...
Security Guard
Catherine Sebastian ...
Photographer
Emily Carragher ...
Reporter
Reagan Leonard ...
Reporter
Sydney Lockhart ...
Reporter
Dana Lockhart ...
Reporter
Roxanne Pomerantz ...
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Denis Silvestri ...
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Tomas Uhliarik ...
Reporter
Frank Vollero ...
Reporter
Marian Zajac ...
Reporter
Nancy Atkinson ...
Technician
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Technician (as Lorenzo Bonilla)
Sofia Celedon ...
Technician
Julie E. Davis ...
Technician (as Julie Davis)
Evan Dunn ...
Technician
Steve Glenn ...
Technician
Defne Gencler ...
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John D. Henson ...
Technician
Doireann Herold ...
Technician
John Hinkson ...
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Technician (as Paul Jude)
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Sam Lobo ...
Technician
Benjamin Lott ...
Technician (as Ben Lott)
Irene McMahon ...
Technician
Mike Merly ...
Technician
Letersky Jake Miller ...
Technician
Linda Miller ...
Technician
Drew North ...
Technician
David E. Rook ...
Technician (as David Rook)
William Rubel ...
Technician (as Bill Rubel)
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Technician (as Harry Seddon)
Andrew Stymacks ...
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John Charles Thomas ...
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Christopher Washington ...
Technician
Matt Wexler ...
Technician
Bernd Woloszczak ...
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Scott Danni ...
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Theodore Garrett ...
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Darlene Kuykendall ...
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Tim Miller ...
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Jen O'Brien ...
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Stewart Scheyd ...
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nancy Rubel ...
Mission Control Technician (uncredited)

Directed by

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Mark Elijah Rosenberg

Written by

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Mark Elijah Rosenberg ... (writer)
 
Mark Elijah Rosenberg ... ()

Produced by

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Nicholas R. Bell ... associate producer
Jason Michael Berman ... producer
Caroline Connor ... line producer
P. Jennifer Dana ... producer
Toddy Eames ... co-producer (as Toddy Burton)
Thomas B. Fore ... producer
John Hinkson ... executive producer
Drew Houpt ... co-producer (as Drew P. Houpt)
Ross Jacobson ... executive producer
Richard Loughran ... executive producer
Tony Pachella ... associate producer
Matthew Parker ... producer
Richard Peete ... co-producer
Josh Penn ... producer
Sheldon Rabinowitz ... executive producer
Mark Roberts ... producer
Noah Stahl ... co-producer
Eddie Vaisman ... executive producer

Music by

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Paul Damian Hogan

Cinematography by

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Adam Newport-Berra

Editing by

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David Barker
Darrin Navarro
Matthew Rundell
Marc Vives

Editorial Department

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Rachael Black ... digital intermediate administration
Sean Dunckley ... digital intermediate colorist
Jane Geisler ... assistant editor
Ruben Gloria ... digital intermediate administration
Katie Hinsen ... finishing artist
Kevin Kaim ... digital intermediate assist
Megan Marquis ... digital intermediate executive producer
Dean Mozian ... digital intermediate assist
James Reyes ... digital intermediate assist
Megan Rumph ... digital intermediate producer
Ed Schuerman ... post-production coordinator

Casting By

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Susan Shopmaker

Production Design by

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Steven Brower

Art Direction by

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Paul Rice
Danielle Webb

Set Decoration by

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Tara Pavoni

Costume Design by

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Anney Perrine

Makeup Department

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Jessica Kelleher ... makeup department head
Emily Schubert ... key makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Aurore Lance ... second assistant director
Ray Tintori ... practical sfx unit director

Art Department

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Paul Aftanas ... art coordinator
Kira Akerman ... Props: Set Dressing
Elizabeth Eggert ... construction cordinator / lead man
Daniel Gladstone ... special projects coordinator
Andrew Keck ... scenic charge
Daniel A. Krause ... set dressing foreman
Tyanna Lazauskas ... second scenic
Caitilin Lynch ... carpenter
Garrett McDonald ... carpenter
Stephen Phelps ... property master
Bo Wangkeo ... construction foreman
Seth Williamson ... artist

Sound Department

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Claire Bell ... sound designer
Jamie Branquinho ... additional sound designer
Shaun Brennan ... foley artists
Kevin Dawkins ... foley editor / foley recordist
Tom Efinger ... adr recordist / re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor
Jeff Hinton ... adr recordist / dialogue editor
James Lebrecht ... additional sound
James Louis ... key 1st assistant sound (as James Levine)
Erik Reimers ... additional sound
Bijan Sharifi ... additional sound
Kent Sparling ... additional sound designer
Colin Thibadeau ... audio post producer
Peter Townsend ... production sound mixer
Andrea Gard ... foley artist (uncredited)
Erik Reimers ... dialogue editor (uncredited)
Bijan Sharifi ... sound editor (uncredited)
Colin Thibadeau ... sound mix producer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Daijiro Ban ... head model maker
Luke Ban ... model maker
Silvie Deutsch ... special effects crew
Danny Garfield ... special effects assistant
Esther Hayes ... miniatures model maker
Guy Kozak ... miniatures model maker
Sierra Urich ... miniatures model maker

Visual Effects by

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Gianni Aliotti ... visual effects artist
Jeff Almquist ... visual effects artist
Rachel A. Bailey ... compositor: StudioX (as Rachel Bailey)
Jasper M. Baltzersen ... compositor: StudioX
Michael Baula ... digital compositor: Spy Post
Aaron Beebe ... digital artist
David Betten ... visual effects coordinator
Don Canfield ... motion control operator
Annie Caps-Wightman ... digital compositor (as Annie Caps)
Jason Conti ... compositor: StudioX
Dan Cregan ... digital artist: Simple Tricks & Nonsense VFX
William Crothers ... additional vfx
Cassandra Del Viscio ... visual effects producer
Robyn Ducharme ... digital compositor
Edmund Earle ... visual effects artist
Joshua Frankel ... previs supervisor
Assunta Garruto ... digital artist
Rich Hardy Jr. ... digital compositor
Gregory Harrington ... digital compositor
Nestor Hernandez ... cg modeler
Julianne Holzschuh ... digital compositor
Sasha Houdek-Korellis ... visual effects producer: StudioX
Lea Antonette Lorenzo Irlanda ... vfx production manager: AAU StudioX 400A (as Lea Antonette Irlanda)
Patswitch Jaritngarm ... compositor: StudioX
Ty Kang ... compositor: StudioX
Xiang Li ... compositor: StudioX
Cathy Lielausis ... digital compositor
Ying Lin ... compositor: StudioX
Esteban Malpica ... compositor: StudioX
Daniel Manou ... compositor: StudioX
Ricardo Marmolejo ... visual effects
Ryan McDermid ... digital artist
Dennis McHugh ... gaffer
Pranav Kumar Nagula ... compositor: StudioX
Andrea Ortiz ... compositor: StudioX
Jason Patnode ... visual effects supervisor: StudioX
Elizabeth Piesak ... visual effects artist
Mario J. Pillet ... digital artist
Yashar Pouyan ... compositor: StudioX
Ryan Quero ... compositor: StudioX
Marc D. Rienzo ... visual effects supervisor / visual effects producer: simple tricks & nonsense
Dante Rinaldi ... digital artist
Melissa Rosenzweig ... compositor: StudioX
Jessalyn Sbaratta ... compositor: StudioX
Congli Shen ... compositor: StudioX
Jasmine Singh ... vfx production coordinator
Matthew Stamm ... additional visual effects: title sequence
Joey Sweat ... digital artist
Catherine Tate ... visual effects supervisor: StudioX
Annalisa Torina ... rotoscoper
Tsou Wen-Hsien ... compositor: StudioX (as Wen-Hsien Tsou)
Jesse Witt ... compositor: StudioX
Gordon T. Wittmann ... visual effects producer: Spy
Ethan Zhao ... visual effects artist
Jingyan Stephanie Zheng ... compositor: StudioX
Darren Orr ... studio manager: Spy (uncredited)

Stunts

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Manny Siverio ... stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

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Paul Aftanas ... still photographer
Timothée Arene ... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Jordan Bell ... key grip
Ricardo Diaz ... cinematographer: second unit los angeles
Keagan Fuller ... swing: grip/electric
Laura Perrin ... second assistant camera: "a" camera
Lyon Taylor ... best boy: effects unit
Kyle Wullschleger ... steadicam operator

Casting Department

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Amy Hutchings ... extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Mara Abonour ... costume assistant
Sarah Lapinski ... costume construction

Music Department

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Paul Damian Hogan ... music producer
Andrea von Foerster ... music consultant

Script and Continuity Department

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Pamela Rook ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Mariela Cagnina ... production secretary
Ben Shields Catlin ... executive producer
Adam P. Cole ... assistant to producers
Giacomo Farci ... personal trainer to Mark Strong
Louise Farkas ... accounting assistant
Jesse Fox ... production counsel
Colette Hallinan ... production accountant
Maï Niimura Newberg ... production coordinator (as Maï Arakida Izsak)
Brian Nitzkin ... business & legal affairs
Daniel Pelc ... production assistant
Gary E Schreiber ... tax accountant
Matthew Stamm ... title design
Ian M. Stratford ... financial counsel
Tomas Uhliarik ... production assistant
Jeanne Marie Walter ... craft service

Thanks

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Zha Zha Aghili ... thanks
Iddo A. Arad ... thanks
Merle Augustin ... thanks
Alev Aydin ... thanks
Codie Brooks ... thanks
Irene Brooks ... thanks
Scott Z. Burns ... thanks
Robert Byrd ... thanks
Charles Camarda ... thanks
Will Carlough ... special thanks
Mikel Cee Karlsson ... thanks
Rachel Chanoff ... thanks
Craig Cherry ... thanks
Bhanu Chundu ... thanks
John Clapp ... thanks
Casey Coleman ... thanks
Brittni Collins ... thanks
Sarah Comfort ... thanks
Cullen Conly ... thanks
Sebastian Cordero ... thanks
Richard Costello ... thanks
Paul Craft ... thanks
John 'JR' Craigmile ... special thanks (as J.R. Craigmile)
Joshua Crane ... thanks
Aude Cuenod ... thanks
Claire Dailey ... special thanks
Claude Dal Farra ... special thanks
Joan Darling ... thanks
John Darnielle ... special thanks
Toby David ... thanks
Tomas Deckaj ... thanks
Lisa Dent ... thanks
Naalie Difford ... thanks
Alex DiGerlando ... thanks
Danielle DiGiacomo ... special thanks
Crockett Doob ... thanks
Sara Dosa ... thanks
Amy Dotson ... thanks
Jennifer Downer ... thanks
Sean Elwood ... thanks
Philipp Engelhorn ... special thanks (as Phil Engelhorn)
Luke Ercoline ... thanks
Bruce Evenchick ... thanks
Reba Evenchick ... thanks
Orest Fedash ... thanks
Keith Fraase ... thanks
Mark Gebel ... thanks
Tony Gerber ... special thanks
Craig Gering ... special thanks
Leah Giblin ... special thanks
Jenny Gill ... thanks
Andrew Goldman ... special thanks
Stephen Gorevan ... thanks
Michael Gottwald ... special thanks
David Gouaux ... thanks
Genevieve Gouaux ... special thanks
Brent Green ... special thanks
Micah Green ... thanks
Robert Greene ... special thanks
Lynne Gustafson ... thanks
Toby Halbrooks ... thanks
Adam Harvey ... thanks
Dan Hauspurg ... thanks
Suzanne Hauspurg ... thanks
Matt Hayes ... thanks
Brienna Henwood ... thanks
Jon Hibey ... thanks
James Hobart ... thanks
Jennifer Hobart ... thanks
Jeremy Hobart ... thanks
John Hobart ... thanks
Brent Hoff ... thanks
Carly Hugo ... special thanks
Bob Hurrie ... thanks
Jacob Hutchings ... thanks
Daniel Hymanson ... thanks
Kemi Ilesanmi ... thanks
Dan Janvey ... special thanks
James M. Johnston ... thanks
Arthur Jones ... thanks
David Kaplan ... thanks
Bruce Kazan ... thanks
Kate Keillor ... thanks
Gregory Kennedy ... thanks
Braden King ... special thanks
Danielle Kourtesis ... thanks
Walter Koury ... thanks
Aaron Kovalchik ... thanks
Jennifer Kushner ... special thanks / thanks
Adella Ladjevardi ... thanks
Anne Lai ... special thanks
Franziska Lamprecht ... special thanks
Amanda Larson ... thanks
Franklin Latt ... thanks
Rachel Lazar ... thanks
Seamus Leary ... thanks
Celeste Lecesne ... thanks (as James Lecesne)
Ruby Lerner ... special thanks
Jake Levin ... thanks
Joe Lewis ... special thanks
Judy Lichtenstein ... thanks
Linda Lichter ... thanks
Richard M. Linnehan ... thanks
David Lowery ... thanks
Claudia Marks ... thanks
Will Marriott ... thanks
Deborah McIntosh ... thanks
Ilyse McKimmie ... special thanks
Tamara Melnick ... thanks
Paul Mezey ... thanks
Meg Miles ... thanks
Ali Mir ... special thanks
Larry Mitchell ... special thanks / thanks
Hajoe Moderegger ... special thanks
Charlotte Moore ... thanks
Donal Mosher ... special thanks
Walter Mosley ... special thanks
David Muller ... thanks
Barbara Newman ... thanks
Doug Newman ... thanks
Jason Nicholson ... thanks
Dan Nuxoll ... special thanks
David O'Halloran ... thanks
Nick Ogiony ... thanks
Jim Palmer ... thanks
Purcell Palmer ... thanks
Michael Palmieri ... special thanks
Spencer Parsons ... special thanks
Jamie Paxton ... thanks
Diane Pearlman ... special thanks
Linda Penn ... thanks
Sonya Penn ... thanks
Stephen Penn ... thanks
Patty Phillips ... thanks
Helice Picheny ... special thanks
Steven Picheny ... special thanks
Lynn Pino ... thanks
Kerry Leigh Pittenger ... thanks
Alexandra Pitz ... thanks
Mike Plante ... special thanks
Malcolm Pullinger ... thanks
Tom Quinn ... thanks
Paul Rain ... thanks
Steel Rain ... thanks
Jen Rainin ... special thanks
Michael Raisler ... special thanks (as Mike Raisler)
Oscar Aquino Ramirez ... thanks
Mark Rea Jr. ... thanks
Laurent Rejto ... special thanks
Ben Renzo ... special thanks (as Benjamin Renzo) / thanks (as Benjamin Renzo)
Alex Resnikoff ... thanks
Geoffrey Richman ... special thanks
Molly Roberts ... thanks
Gabe Rodrigs ... thanks
Todd Rohal ... thanks
Jerry Romano ... thanks
Charlotte Rosenberg ... special thanks
Matthew Rosenberg ... special thanks
Philip Rosenberg ... special thanks
Michelle Satter ... special thanks
Anish Savjani ... special thanks
Dan Schoenbrun ... thanks
Eric Seedhouse ... thanks
Alisa Shanks ... thanks
Tristan Shephard ... thanks
Scott Shepherd ... special thanks
Danya Sherman ... thanks
Carol Shultz ... thanks
Stephanie Skaff ... special thanks
Debbie Smith ... thanks
Gregory Smith ... thanks
Jonathon Smith ... thanks
Matthew Stamm ... thanks
Adam Steltzner ... special thanks
Elizabeth Lodge Stepp ... special thanks (as Elizabeth Lodge)
Stewart Stern ... special thanks
Dana Stevens ... special thanks
Mick Sullivan ... thanks
Kim Suszczynski ... thanks
Mark Suszczynski ... thanks
Graham Taylor ... thanks
Kelly A. Thompson ... thanks
Elizabeth Townsend ... thanks
Muriel Townsend ... thanks
Jeffrey Travis ... thanks
Douglas Trumbull ... special thanks
Mike Tully ... thanks (as Michael Tully)
Julia Hobart Turnbull ... special thanks
Michele Turnure-Salleo ... special thanks
Jay Van Hoy ... thanks
Damien Vandercruyssen ... thanks (as Damien van der Cruyssen)
Pierce Varous ... thanks
Candice Vaughn ... thanks
Andrea von Foerster ... thanks
Jeremy Kipp Walker ... thanks
Jeff Walsh ... thanks
Robert Warner ... thanks
Christopher Evan Welch ... special thanks
Trinity West ... thanks
Liam White ... thanks
Mark Williams ... thanks
Bryan Wizemann ... special thanks
Doug Wright ... special thanks
Justin Theodore Young ... thanks
Benh Zeitlin ... thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Captain William Stanaforth is on a one-way solo mission to take the first steps in colonizing Mars. Like all pioneers throughout history, Stanaforth will face insurmountable odds and life and death decisions as he rockets bravely through space.

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Also Known As
  • En approchant l'inconnu (France)
  • Operation Mars (Germany)
  • Rumbo a lo desconocido (Spain)
  • Spre necunoscut (Romania)
  • フォース・プラネット (Japan, Japanese title)
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Runtime
  • 90 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia Worsley (Charles Baker) and Greenstreet (Anders Danielsen Lie) (the crew of the refuelling station) are both named after members of the crew of Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated Antarctic expedition of 1914-1917. They were the Captain and First Officer respectively, as they are in this film. See more »
Goofs Throughout the film, when Captain William Stanaforth communicates with Earth by, there is no delay in receiving a reply. The farther from Earth he is the delay would increase to many minutes between sending a signal and receiving a reply. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Sol Brothers (2021). See more »
Quotes William D. Stanaforth: Our bodies are more space than matter. There's an unfathomable distance between each atom, each particle. What keeps us solid? Why don't we dissolve?
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