http://othersideofmidnight.com/mon-sept-28-mars-water-announcement-special
RCH has been talking & writing about this and other things on Mars for several years. It always takes the official media a long time to report even part of the official story.
https://www.facebook.com/RichardC.Hoagland/posts/10156196706095089
http://artbell.com/nasa-announces-water-flows-on-mars
http://www.americanantigravity.com/link/enterprise-mission
RCH mentioned the timing of this movie.
http://www.foxmovies.com/movies/the-martian-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue4PCI0NamI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_(film)
https://www.facebook.com/MartianMovie/photos/a.839990222755026.1073741828.754778727942843/904997779587603/?type=3&theater
" When his rations begin to run low, Watney builds an improvised garden using Martian soil and his own feces as a fertilizer."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_(film)#Scientific_accuracy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadi_Rum#Filming_location
http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/28/9408463/the-martian-movie-review-mars-ridley-scott-matt-damon
http://desertshapes.blogspot.ca/search?q=mars