Flag of Mars "red Mars and two moons in blue field above a diagonal, white below". In Robert A. Heinlein's 1961 science-fiction novel "Stranger in a Strange Land", a flag of Mars is hastily improvised, consisting of "the field in white and the sigil of Mars in red". In The Expanse television series, based on "The Expanse" series of novels by James S. A. Corey, the Martian Congressional Republic is the governing body that rules over the inhabitants of Mars and is one of the two human superpowers in the series. Its flag is reminiscent of Mars and its two moons, Phobos and
The Angry Red Planet CineMagic process: "Our set for the planet Mars cost us a couple of hundred dollars instead of the thousands we had estimated". Pink also estimates in that interview that the movie "will be made at half the original cost", confirming that "Invasion of Mars" (the film's working title before its release) was a low-budget project. The "meager" $200,000 production budget cited for "The Angry Red Planet" may therefore be a credible ballpark figure. Filming for "The Angry Red Planet" began on September 9, 1959 at Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, California, only a month after Melchior and Pink completed