The Martian: by Andy Weir | Conversation Starters E-Book

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The Martian: by Andy Weir | Conversation Starters

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Introducing The Martian

Introducing the Author

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Introducing The Martian

ANDY WEIR'S THE MARTIAN BEGINS WHEN ASTRONAUT MARK WATNEY finds himself stranded on Mars after an accident with an antenna caused his fellow crew to believe he had died, and they left Mars not knowing that he was still alive. The accident caused his bio-monitor computer to break, and he is left with only The Hab, hydrazine, a generator, and potatoes to keep him alive. Watney, described as a “competent man,” is not the type of person to give up so easily, however. He quickly finds a way to grow potatoes in The Hab using hydrazine to create water. Eventually, NASA realizes that Watney is still alive after seeing pictures of him on Mars. They scramble to find a way to safely returnWatney home. Watney locates a communicator and now has contact with NASA. Meanwhile, the Ares 3 crew is headed back to Earth with no knowledge that Watney is still alive. Watney devises a plan to get to the next Mars mission's landing site. The Ares 3 crew, having been finally notified about Watney's survival, makes the decision to return to Mars to rescue their crew member. The plan is that Watney will travel in the MAV for the Ares 4 mission, and the Ares 3 will meet the ship in space and bring Watney on board. Watneytravels over 2,000 miles on a rover, running into a giant dust storm on the way. He takes direction from NASA on how to reduce weight on the MAV. In doing that, he manages to make a large hole in the rover that he covers with canvas from The Hab. Watney is able to easily take off from Mars, but the canvas flies off in space leaving him moving slower and off course for linking up with the Ares 3. The Ares 3 crew finds a way to match Watney's speed and link up with Watney after all, and he is returned home to Earth.  The Martian has been praised by critics for being a “realistic” world with “realistic” characters. It has also been applauded for making scientific and mathematical calculations seem interesting.