documentary · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
THE MARS UNDERGROUND [HD] Full Movie
Blue Mars · 3 HN recommenders · 3 recommendation months
Recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 months (2014–2015).
SignalTube analysis
Among 15 other documentary videos tagged Space exploration & spaceflight, the mean is 2.5 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 3 distinct HN recommenders, about 1.2× that mean. Recommendations span 3 distinct months; the peer average is 2.4 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
75% of its 4 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2014–2015; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 73 minutes 53 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2014-10-16.
- Channel / speaker
- Blue Mars
- Verified runtime
- 1h 13m 53s
- YouTube upload date
- 2014-10-16
- Hacker News mention years
- 2014–2015
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other documentary videos in Space exploration & spaceflight. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE MARS UNDERGROUND [HD] Full MovieCurrent video | 3 | 3 | 75% | — | 1h 13m 53s | 2014-10-16 |
| Apollo Guidance Computer Part 1: Restoring the computer that put man on the Moondocumentary · CuriousMarc | 8 | 6 | 89% | No recorded overlap | 21m 4s | 2018-11-14 |
| HOW ROCKETS ARE MADE (Rocket Factory Tour - United Launch Alliance) - Smarter Every Day 231documentary · SmarterEveryDay | 5 | 5 | 63% | No recorded overlap | 54m 16s | 2020-02-29 |
| 7 Minutes of Terror: The Challenges of Getting to Marsdocumentary · NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 5 | 4 | 56% | No recorded overlap | 5m 8s | 2012-06-22 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “To save on weight, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars”. Its short rationale: Documentary arguing Mars is feasible in ten years with current tech.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Journey to Mars: Pioneering Next Steps in Space Exploration [pdf]”. Its short rationale: Cited as prior Mars plan by Zubrin.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “The Economic Viability of Mars Colonization (1995) [pdf]”. Its short rationale: Documentary on Zubrin's Mars work over the years.