Yup,
Make a fine movie if done with a sense of realism. Meaning the nitty-gritty of living on a hot dusty planet. Team members dying in an accident,some members deciding to stay,watching aliens trying to play baseball,taking a poop,etc.
That would be way better than any post-modern super special effects Star Wars movie any day.
Perhaps a reason for this website was this story was shopped around to publishers and Horrywood (sic) producers to no avail. Not enough glitz nor anti-Bush stuff, a sure-fire loser in the entertainment media.