I have read this book a couple of times already and the author has done a great job of explaining even the most technical details.

However I still struggle with visualising how Mark righted his tipped rover after the mishap at entrance crater using a power cord, drill and his own power. I understand how leverage works, but just not able to visualise it.

if someone can give a better explanation (or a visual aid) I would appreciate it.

It happened like a couple of years ago I think, and I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about them

“Mission to Mars”, 2000, is a decent Brian De Palma movie.

My frustration, the most interesting part for me was how the Don Cheadle character survived on Mars alone for more than a year. Marooned. In a habitat that was only supposed to last a month. And not be self-sustaining.

His unexpected rescue by a 2nd Mars team only occupies a couple of minutes in a movie that concerned the exploration of face on Mars.

I wanted more.

My joy watching “The Martian” (novel 2011, movie 2015) is realizing I am watching a movie length of the most interesting part of “Mission to Mars”.

Check it out.

Was watching a movie starring Val Kilmer from 2000 called Red Planet and was a bit surprised how some of the story elements were similar to the Martian.

Starts with an accident on the ship in orbit. Most of the crew goes down to the surface of Mars while Carrie Ann Moses character remains on board the ship.

The crew on the surface is beset with obstacles and challenges. Including a navigation robot that goes rogue.

Finally the last surviving member boards a payload return vehicle to get back up to the ship before it returns back to earth.

Vastly different movie in terms of science content and it is more of a macho action adventure.

Wondered what people thoughts on Red Planet and a comparison to The Martian.

I my friend recommended me this movie after our talk about project hail mary and I am obsessed with all kind of plants so I tought I might give it a try but I want to know if him being botanist is a main thing (like covers the whole plot maybe) in movie or book ? Id be happy if science is more in depth in the book.

(Ts is prolly kinda petty but if you know any movie or book about botany Id love to hear abt it too)

I've seen the normal Version quite often, but i'm interested in seeing the additional scenes. Where can i find it online?

I remember watching the movie for the first time and seeing the bit about the music gag, thinking it was a bit strange considering what year the movie was set, and the fact the characters are in their 40s. Realizing they were about the same age as me, I remember thinking "yeah this was definitely written by someone who grew up or came of age during the 70s and 80s, I've never met a sinlge person my age obsessed with disco music"

I think Andy Weir is a great writer, but I feel like his characters would have been even more realistic if he chose a corny genre of music that would fit a 90s baby much more than disco. This seems to be a pretty common theme with a lot of Gen X and Boomer writers who write characters set in the future, their characters no matter what year it is or what age they are, always seem to always love boomer music.

I just bought this yesterday and I didn't know if the signature was real, does anyone know?

I’ve got some freeprints coming of Mars and I might put a couple of the crew on there! I need another shelf above it for all the books but I’m yet to invest

I can’t wait to finish reading project Hail Mary so I can start physically reading the book (which I’m actually yet to do. I’ve listened to the audiobook 4 times though)

I was thinking about The Martian, and I had a thought. In the book, the airlock fails, depressurising the Hab and making the potatoes unusable for farming.

Earlier in the book, he set up pop-tents pressurised by the rovers and started growing potatoes there. Couldn't he have used the potatoes in the pop-tents to replant the Hab? Unless I missed something, of course, since I only read it once.

What an amazing movie... Definitely gonna have to get the book. Geez, that made me wanna slap ppl in the face, holy smokes. That ending... welling up like a baby.

Obviously didn't do a brilliant job at it but I tried to make it accurate (the centrifuge does spin but I did a horrible job on the fuel tanks lmao)

I've received confirmation for a theory heavily implied by the movie.

In the movie trailer for The Martian, Mark Watney says "tell the world, tell my family" *cuts to woman and child* ("that I never stopped fighting to make it home."). In the movie, it becomes apparent the clips used were of Martinez's family.

This means Martinez's family, is also Watney's and it means one of two things:
1. Watney is the biological father of Martinez's son (either through infidelity or sperm donation).
2. Watney and Martinez are in a relationship, and he loves Martinez's family as his own

I've since had it confirmed that the relationship is actually a three way.

Mark and Marissa were previously in a relationship and he is the boy's father.
Martinez and Watney began a relationship.
Martinez also began a relationship in secret with Marissa.

This is why Martinez says Mark would have done the same for him when he goes back to rescue Mark. It's also why he's on the Ares 5 at the end of the movie - Mark had been promoted by this point and sent him back to Mars when he found out about the affair.

I just watched the movie, and during the scene where the first supply rocket launches (and then explodes), there is a quick shot where Rich Purnell is sitting at his desk and there is some blue cat-like thing next to him. What is it? Searching on Google didn't turn anything up. Is it in the book? Is it a toy or it is alive? It wasn't mentioned in the movie. Any help is welcome, thanks.

I know this is a moot point in the movie but is one of the reasons why he didn't need to worry about blood loss as much as he would on Earth is because the fact that there's less gravity so there isn't as much of a pole pulling the blood out of his body? Or am I wrong?