science

Mars 2112

Mars 2112 is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mars 2112 rather than just read about it. In short: Mars 2112 (pronounced "Mars twenty-one twelve") was a theme restaurant in the Times Square district of New York City from 1998 to 2012. It was the largest restaurant with a Mars and space travel theme at the time it opened in November 1998, with 33,000 sq ft (3,100 m2) of floor space.

Key takeaways

Mars 2112 belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Mars 2112 to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Mars 2112 from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Mars 2112 (pronounced "Mars twenty-one twelve") was a theme restaurant in the Times Square district of New York City from 1998 to 2012. It was the largest restaurant with a Mars and space travel theme at the time it opened in November 1998, with 33,000 sq ft (3,100 m2) of floor space. Mars 2112's founder and principal stockholder was Paschal M. Phelan, an Irish businessman who previously worked in the European beef industry. Phelan said Mars 2112 was built around the event of traveling to Mars rather than a simple theme, and stated that the mission was "to convince people that they are on Mars".

Location

Mars 2112 was located at 1633 Broadway, situated on a sunken courtyard in front of the Paramount Plaza, at Broadway and 51st Street, beneath the Hachette Book Group offices. It seated 400 guests and had 33,000 sq ft (3,100 m2) of floor space. A UFO-like elevator took patrons to the dining tier, where the "Mars Bar" and "Cyber Street arcade" were also located. Perhaps the most notable feature was "Crystal Crater", which served as the dining area. It was three stories high, and decorated as an imaginary Mars underground landscape, with industrial walkways over what appeared to be lava and windows to computer-generated Martian landscapes. Waiters dressed in futuristic costumes, and "Martians" with names and backstories walked through the dining floor. Menu items had space-themed names such as "Nebula Chili Nachos". After dining, patrons passed through two doorways where a "teleporter" took them back to the main floor and the gift shop. The restaurant's signature attraction was its two 30-seat space flight simulators, together worth about $1.5 million. The aesthetic was compared to the original 1960s Star Trek.

Operations In 2000, two men were shot after an argument began at a party hosted at Mars 2112 by WQHT Hot 97 FM. Mars 2112 was attended by former US president Bill Clinton and his niece. Brad Pitt attended Mars 2112 with his son Maddox Jolie-Pitt. In 2011, Shaquille O'Neal was turned away from a party hosted at Mars 2112 while wearing a sweatshirt and sneakers, which failed to meet the party's dress code. The New York City restaurant closed in January 2012 and was auctioned off by Eliot B. Millman and Michael Amodeo auction companies. It had previously filed for bankruptcy twice, in 2001 and again in late 2007. Founder Paschal Phelan opened another Mars 2112 restaurant at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, Illinois, on October 3, 2000. It closed in November 2001 for no publicly stated reason.

References

External links Official website (archived December 5, 2011)

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mars 2112

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Mars 2112 claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Mars 2112 before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mars 2112 ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mars 2112

In research: Mars 2112 appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mars 2112 in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mars 2112 is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1998 establishments in New York City, 2012 disestablishments in New York City, Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2001, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mars 2112 outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Mars 2112 in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Mars 2112 means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Mars 2112 out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Mars 2112 in simple terms?

Why does Mars 2112 matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Mars 2112?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Mars 2112.