"Allright,team, stayinsightofeach other." "Let'smakeNASAproudtoday." "How'sitlooking overthere,watney?" "Well, you'llbehappytohear ..." "Thatingridsection14-28, theparticleswere predominantlycoarse..." "But in 29, they're much finer..." "And they should be ideal for chem analysis." "Oh,wow." "Dideverybodyhearthat?" "Markjustdiscovereddirt." "Shouldwe alertthemedia?" "Sorry,whatareyou  doingtoday,Martinez?" "Making sure the mav is still upright?" "I'dlikeyoutoknow  thatvisualinspection oftheequipment..." "Isimperative tomissionsuccess." "Ialsowouldliketoreport thatthemavisstillupright." "Watney, youkeepleaving yourchannelopen..." "Whichleadsto  Martinezresponding..." "Whichleadsto  allofus listening..." "Whichleadsto me  beingannoyed." "Rogerthat." "Martinez,thecaptain wouldlikeyoutoplease..." "Shut your smart mouth." "We'd prefer to use a different adjective to describe Martinez's mouth." "DidBeck justinsultme ?" ""Dr.Beck."Andyes ." "Happy to turn the radios off from here, commander." "Just say the word." "Wait, johanssen." "Constant communication is the hallmark..." "Shut 'em off." "No." "No." "Excuse me." "Iapologize formycountrymen,Vogel." "Accepted." "How many samples do we need, commander?" "Seven." "100gramseach." "We have a mission update." "A storm warning." "Commander, youshouldcomeinside." "You'regonnawanttoseethis." "What is it?" "Astormwarning." "I saw that in this morning's briefing." "We'll be inside before it hits." "Yeah, they upgraded their estimate." "The storm's gonna be a lot worse." "Martinez, howdoesit look?" "Notgood." ""1,200 kilometers in diameter, bearing 24.41 degrees."" "That's tracking right towards us." ""Based on current escalation," ""estimated force of 8,600 Newtons."" "What's the abort force?" "7,500." "Anythingmorethan thatandthemav couldtip." "Do we scrub?" "Begin abort procedure." "We are estimating with a margin of error." "We could wait it out." "Let's wait it out." "Let's wait it out." "Commander?" "Prep emergency departure." "Commander?" "We're scrubbed." "That's an order." "Martinez, howlongbeforetake-off?" "12 minutes." "Visibility is almost zero." "Anyone gets lost, hone in on my suit's telemetry." "You ready?" "Ready." "Commander, are you okay?" "I'm okay." "Commander, we're at 10 degrees, and the mav is gonna tip at 12.3." "Hey!" "We might be able to keep the mav from tipping." "How?" "Use the cables from the comms mast as guy-lines..." "Anchor it with the rover's." "Watch out!" "Watney!" "Warning." "Suitbreachdetected." "What happened?" "He was hit." "Watney, report." "Before we lost telemetry, his decompression alarm went off." "Where did you last see him?" "I don't know where he is." "What are the vitals on his suit?" "He's offline." "A complete loss of signal on watney." "Beck!" "Yeah." "How long can he survive decompression?" "Less than a minute." "Line up, walk west." "He may be prone." "We don't wanna step over him." "Commander..." "We're at 10.5 degrees." "Warning." "Excessivetilt." "Tilting to 11 with all the gusts of wind." "Copy that." "Everyone, hone in on Martinez's suit." "It'll get you to airlock." "Get in, prep for launch." "What about you, commander?" "I'm gonna search a little longer." "Get moving!" "Go!" "Watney!" "Watney, report!" "Themav's at11.6degrees." "One good gust and we're tipping." "If it tips, you launch." "You really think I'm gonna leave you behind?" "That'sanorder, Martinez." "Mark!" "Mark!" "Can you hear me?" "Martinez, what about the proximity radar?" "Could that detect watney's suit?" "It's made to see the  hermes from orbit..." "Not a little piece of metal from a single suit." "Giveitatry ." "Roger." "What is she thinking?" "She knows the infrared can't get through a sandstorm." "She's grasping for anything." "We'vegot negativecontact ontheproximityradar." "Nothing?" "No." "Icanbarelysee the hab ." "Commander, I know you don't wanna hear this, but..." "Mark is dead." "Commander!" "Hey, what the hell is wrong with you, man?" "My friend just died." "I don't want my commander to die, too." "Stabilitywarning." "We're tipping!" "Commander,youneed togetbacktotheship, now!" "13 degrees." "If we pass balance, we'll never rock back." "I've got one more trick left, and then I'm following orders, commander." "You're firing the oms?" "That's right." "Commander!" "On my way." "Johanssen,let'sgo ." "Mark!" "We'reat11.5 andholding." "Readytogo on yourcommand." "Ready to launch." "Commander." "I need you to verbally tell me whether or not to." "Launch." "Ataround4: 30A.M." "Centralstandardtime..." "Oursatellites detecteda storm approachingtheAres3 missionsiteon Mars." "At6 :45,thestorm hadescalatedto severe..." "Andwehadnochoice buttoabortthe mission." "Thankstothequickaction ofcommanderLewis..." "AstronautsBeck,johanssen, MartinezandVogel..." "Wereallabletoreach theMarsascentvehicle..." "Andperforman emergency launchat7: 28centraltime." "Unfortunately, during the evacuation..." "Astronaut mark watney was struck by debris and killed." "Commander Lewis and the rest of her team..." "Were able to intercept safely with the  hermes and are now heading home." "But mark watney is dead." "Director Sanders!" "Oxygenlevelcritical." "Oxygenlevelcritical." "Oxygenlevel..." "Pressurestable." "Fuck." "Okay." "Okay." "Hello,thisis markwatney, astronaut." "I'menteringthislog  fortherecord..." "IncaseIdon 'tmakeit." "Itis06 :53on sol19..." "AndI 'malive." "Obviously." "ButI 'mguessingthat'sgonna comeasasurprise tomycrewmatesand toNASA ." "Andtotheentireworld, really,so..." "Surprise." "Ididnotdie onsol18." "BestI canfigure..." "Thislengthof ourprimary communicationsantenna brokeoff..." "Andtorethrough mybio-monitor..." "Andrippedahole inmeas well." "Buttheantenna andtheblood,really, managedtosealthe breach inmysuit..." "Whichkeptme alive, eventhoughthecrew musthavethoughtIwasdead." "Ihaveno waytocontactNASA." "Andevenif Icould, it'sgonnabe fouryears..." "Untila mannedmission canreachme ." "AndI 'minahab designed tolast31 days." "Iftheoxygenatorbreaks, I'mgonnasuffocate." "Ifthewaterreclaimerbreaks, I'lldieof thirst." "Ifthehabbreaches, I'mjustgonna,kindof..." "Implode." "Andifby somemiracle, noneofthathappens..." "EventuallyI 'mgonna runoutof food." "So..." "Yeah." "Yeah." "I'm not gonna die here." "32... 33... 34... 35, 36." "Sweet and sour chicken." "What do we got?" "Right,let'sdo themath." "Oursurfacemissionherewas supposedtolast31sols ." "Forredundancy,theysent 68solsworthoffood ." "That'sfor6people." "Soforjustme,  that'sgonnalast300 sols..." "WhichI figureIcan stretch to400if Iration." "SoI gotto figureout  awayto grow threeyears'worth offoodhere." "Ona planet wherenothinggrows." "Luckily..." "I'ma botanist." "Marswillcometofear  mybotanypowers." "Pressurestable." "Staplecameout." "Fuck you, Mars." "Johanssen, Jesus." "Theproblemis water." "I have created 126 square meters of soil." "Buteverycubicmeter ofsoilrequires 40litersof water tobefarmable." "SoI gottamake alotmorewater." "Goodthingis , Iknowtherecipe." "You take hydrogen, you add oxygen, you burn." "Now,I havehundredsofliters ofunusedhydrazine atthemdv." "IfI runthehydrazine overaniridiumcatalyst, it'llseparateinton2andh2." "Andthenif Ijustdirectthe hydrogenintoasmallarea ..." "Andburnit ." "Luckily, inthehistoryofhumanity..." "Nothing bad has ever happened from lighting hydrogen on fire." "NASAhatesfire." "Becauseofthewhole" ""firemakeseverybodydie  inspace"thing." "So,everything theysentus up herewith isflame-retardant..." "With the notable exception of..." "Martinez's personal items." "I am sorry, Martinez." "But if you didn't want me to go through your stuff..." "You shouldn't have left me for dead on a desolate planet." "By the way, I'm figuring you're gonna be fine with this, given my present situation." "What'severybodydoing?" "Takinga holiday frombeingcool?" "Counting on you." "Whoo!" "So, yeah, I blew myself up." "Best guess..." "I forgot to account for the excess oxygen..." "That I've been exhaling when I did my calculations." "Because I'm stupid." "Yeah, I'm gonna get back to work here..." "Just as soon as my ears stop ringing." "Interestingsidenote, thisisactuallyhow the jet  propulsionlabwasfounded." "Fiveguysat Caltechwere tryingtomakerocketfuel ..." "Andtheynearlyburneddown  theirdorm." "Andratherthanexpelthem ..." "Theybanishedthem toa nearbyfarm, toldthemto keepworking." "Andnowwe have aspaceprogram." "Okay." "Hey, there." "Thenation wasblessed tohavemarkserving inourspaceprogram." "Whilehisloss willbedeeplyfelt..." "ThemenandwomenofNASA willsoldierforth..." "Onwardandupwardinthe missionoftheiragency." "Bydoingso , theyhonorthelegacy mark'sleavingbehind..." "Andtheyensurehis sacrifice willnotbe in vain." "Ihavethehonorofspeaking notonlyforthe men  andwomenof NASA..." "Butforpeople allovertheworld..." "I thought you gave a lovely speech, by the way." "I need you to authorize my satellite time." "It's not gonna happen." "We're funded for five  Ares missions." "I think I can get congress to authorize a sixth." "No." "Ares3 evac'd after 18 sols." "There's half a mission worth of supplies up there." "I can sell it at a fraction of the cost of a normal mission..." "And all I have to know is what's left of our assets." "You're not the only one who needs satellite time." "We've got the  Ares 4 supply missions coming up." "We should be focusing on the schiaparelli crater." "Okay, we got 12 satellites up there." "Surely we can spare a few hours..." "It's not about the satellite time, Vince." "We're a public domain organization." "We need to be transparent on this." "Okay." "The second we point the satellites at the hab..." "I broadcast pictures of mark watney's dead body to the world." "You're afraid of a PR problem?" "Of course I'm afraid of a PR problem." "Another mission?" "Congress won't reimburse us for a paper clip..." "If I put a dead astronaut on the front page of  the Washington post." "He's not going anywhere, Teddy." "I mean, he's not..." "He's not gonna decompose, you know." "He's gonna be up there forever." "Meteorology estimates that he'll be covered in sand..." "From normal weather activity within a year." "We can't wait a year." "We got work to do." "Ares5 won'tevenlaunch for five years." "We have plenty of time." "Okay." "Okay." "Okay, consider this." "Right now, the world's on our side." "Sympathy for the watney family." "Ares6 could bring his body home." "Now, we don't say that's the purpose of the mission..." "But we make it clear that that would be a part of it." "We frame it that way." "More support from congress." "But not if we wait a year." "We wait a year, nobody gives a shit." "Vincent kapoor?" "6-2." "7-6-2." "Acidalia planitia." "What?" "Hi." "Security?" "This is mindy park in satcon." "I need the emergency contact for Vincent kapoor." "Yes, him." "Yes, it's an emergency!" "How sure?" "100%." "You've got to be shitting me." "Prove it to me." "For a start..." "The solar panels have been cleaned." "They could have been cleaned by wind." "Back it up." "Look at  rover 2." "According to the logs, commander Lewis took it out on sol 17..." "Plugged it into the hab to recharge." "It's been moved." "She could have forgotten to log the move." "No, not likely." "Why don't we just ask Lewis?" "Let's get on capcom and ask her directly right now." "No." "No." "If watney is really alive, we don't want the  Ares 3 crew to know." "How can you not tell them?" "They have another 10 months on their trip home." "Space travel is dangerous." "They need to be alert and undistracted." "But they already think he's dead." "And they'd be devastated to find out they left him there alive." "I'm sorry, but you have not thought this through." "What are we gonna say?" ""Dear America..." ""Remember that astronaut we killed" ""and had a really nice funeral for?" ""Turns out he's alive and we left him on Mars." "Our bad." ""Sincerely, NASA."" "Do you realize the shitstorm that is about to hit us?" "How are we going to handle the public?" "Legally, we have 24 hours to release these pictures." "We release a statement with them." "We don't want people working it out on their own." "Yes, sir." "But if my math is right, he's going to starve to death long before we can help him." "Can you imagine what he's going through up there?" "He's 50 million miles away from home." "He thinks he's totally alone." "He thinks we gave up on him." "What does that do to a man, psychologically?" "What the hell is he thinking right now?" "I'mdefinitelygonna dieuphere..." "IfI haveto listentoany moregod-awfuldiscomusic." "My god, commander Lewis, couldn't you have packed anything from this century?" "No, I am not gonna "turn the beat around."" "I refuse to." "Mr. Sanders?" "Mr. Sanders?" "What attempts have been made to make contact with mark watney?" "We're working on it." "Does he have enough supplies to survive?" "We'll be looking into that." "What does this say about the agency?" "Are you gonna resign?" "No." "Director Sanders!" "It'stimeto start thinkinglongterm." "ThenextNASAmission isAres4..." "Andit'ssupposedtoland  atschiaparellicrater... 3200kilometersaway." "3,200 kilometers." "Infouryears,whenthenext Ares  crew arrives," "I'llhaveto be there." "Whichmeans Ihaveto gettothecrater." "Okay,sohere'sthe rub ." "I'vegotoneworkingrover designedtogo aMax distance of35kilometers..." "Beforethebatteryhas tobe rechargedatthehab ." "That'sproblema." "Problemb isthisjourney's gonnatakeme  roughly50daystocomplete." "SoI gottalivefor 50days ..." "Insidea rover withmarginallifesupport thesizeof asmallVan." "So,intheface ofoverwhelmingodds," "I'mleftwithonlyoneoption." "I'mgonnahaveto sciencetheshitout ofthis ." "Okay, so, success." "Uh..." "I have doubled my battery life by scavenging  rover 1." "But if I use the heater..." "I will burn through half my battery every day." "If I do not use my heater, i will be..." "Slowly killed by the laws of thermodynamics." "I would love to solve this problem right now but unfortunately..." "Myballsarefrozen." "I can't." "I'm calling it." "I'm calling it." "Goodnews, Imayhaveasolution tomyheatingproblem." "Badnews, itinvolvesme diggingup theradioisotope thermoelectricgenerator." "Now,ifIremember mytrainingcorrectly, oneofthelessons wastitled..." ""Don'tdigup thebig box  ofplutonium,mark."" "Igetit ." "Rtgsare good forspacecraft, butiftheyrupture aroundhumans..." "Nomorehumans." "Whichiswhyweburiedit whenwearrived." "Andplantedthatflag..." "Sowewouldneverbe stupidenough toaccidentally gonearit again." "Butaslongas Idon'tbreakit..." "Ialmostjustsaid" ""everythingwillbe fine" outloud." "Look, the point is, I'm not cold anymore." "And sure, i could choose to think about the fact that I'm warm..." "Because I have a decaying radioactive isotope riding right behind me..." "But right now, I got bigger problems on my hands." "Ihavescoured everysingledatafile oncommanderLewis' personaldrive." "Thisisofficially theleastdiscosongsheowns." "Yeah." "Where is watney going?" "We believe that he's preparing for a journey." "He's been conducting incremental tests..." "Taking the  rover 2 out for longer and longer trips each time." "To what end?" "Why would he leave the relative safety of the hab?" "Well, we think that he plans to travel to the  Ares 4 launch site..." "In order to make contact with us, but it would be a dangerous gamble." "Butifwe couldtalktohim, wewouldtellhim  tostayput..." "Andtotrustthatwearedoing everythinginourpower tobringhimhomealive." "Thank you very much." "Don't say "bring him home alive," Vincent." "You know what?" "These interviews aren't easy." "So god forbid i try to say something proactive and positive." "Annie." "No more Vincent on TV." "Copy that." "76 kilometers." "Am I reading that right?" "Are you asking me?" "I am." "Yes, sir." "Mark drove two hours straightaway from the hab..." "Did a short Eva and then drove for another two." "We think the Eva was to change batteries." "He didn't load up the oxygenator or the water reclaimer?" "Every 41 hours, there's a 17 minute gap." "It's just the way the orbits work..." "So it's possible that we missed something." "I want that gap down to four minutes." "I'm giving you total authority over satellite trajectories and orbital adjustments." "Make it happen." "Okay." "Let's assume miss park didn't miss anything." "So mark's not going to  Ares 4." "Yet." "But he's smart enough to figure out that's his only chance." "Bruce, what's the earliest we can get a pre-supply there?" "Withthepositions ofearthandMars, it'lltakeninemonths." "It'lltakesixmonthsto builditin thefirstplace." "Three months." "Three?" "You'regoingto say it'simpossible andthenI'mgonna makea speech..." "Abouttheblinding capabilities ofthejplteam..." "Andthenyou'regoing todothemath inyourhead andsaysomethinglike..." ""The overtime alone will be a nightmare."" "Theovertimealone willbeanightmare." "Get started." "I'll find you the money." "We need to tell the crew." "Mitch, we've discussed this." "No, you discussed this." "I'm the one who decides what's best for the crew." "They deserve to know." "Once there's a real rescue plan, we'll tell them." "Otherwise, it's moot." "Bruce has three months to get the payload done." "That's all that matters right now." "We'lldoourbest." "Mark dies if you don't." "It'sbeen48 sols sinceI plantedthepotatoes." "Sonowit 'stime toreapandre-sow." "Theygrewevenbetter thanI expected." "Inowhave400  healthypotatoplants." "Idugthemup, beingcareful toleavetheirplantsalive." "ThesmalleronesI'llreseed, thelargerones aremyfoodsupply." "Allnatural,organic, martian-grownpotatoes." "Youdon'thear thateveryday,doyou?" "Andbytheway , noneofthismattersatall..." "IfI can'tfigureout away tomakecontactwithNASA ." "IknowwhatI'm gonnado." "Oh!" "He's moving again." "Where the hell is he going?" "He hasn't changed course for 13 days." "He's nowhere near the  Ares 4." "Unless he's not taking a direct route." "He might be trying to avoid some obstacle." "What obstacle?" "It's acidalia planitia." "There's nothing out there except the..." "What?" "I need a map." "Yeah." "Hey, come on." "What are you doing?" "It's all right." "It's all right." "Can I borrow this?" "Okay, so where is the hab location?" "31.2 degrees north, 28.5 degrees west." "Okay." "Mmm-hmm." "Where's watney?" "Uh..." "There." "Okay." "Okay." "I know where he's going." "I need to get on an airplane." "Vincent, how are you?" "Good to see you." "Good flight?" "Uh..." "Yeah." "It's in storage just around the corner." "Hey, Vincent, nice to see you again." "Nice to see you." "What are the chances mark can get it working again?" "It's hard to say." "We lost contact in '97." "We think it was battery failure." "Though I'd like to point out it lasted three times longer than expected in any..." "Nobody's criticizing jpl's work, Bruce." "I just need to speak to everybody that was here in '97." "They're already here." "Guys." "I'd like to introduce Vincent kapoor." "Director of Mars missions for NASA." "This is our current team..." "And our original project members." " Is this the replica?" " This is her." "Okay." "Let's see it." "Pathfinder." "Pathfinder." "Come on." "Come on." "Holy shit." "Okay." ""Broadcasting status." ""Listening for telemetry signal."" "Uh-huh." "Okay." "Signal acquired." " All right." " Okay." "Camera." "Incoming." ""Are you receiving me?"" ""Yes." "No."" "Okay, point the camera at "yes."" "32-minute round-trip communications time." "All he can do is ask yes or no questions..." "And all we can do is point the camera." "This won't exactly be an algonquin round table of snappy repartee." "Are you kidding me?" "Tim, Tim." " Just point the camera." " Roger that." "Pointing the camera." "Whoo!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Sohere'stherub ." "Somehowwehave tohavecomplex astrophysicalengineering conversations..." "Usingnothingbut astill-framecamera..." "From1996." "Luckily..." "Thecameradoesspin." "So I can make an alphabet." "It can't be our alphabet." "26 characters plus a question card into 360 gives us 13 degrees of arc." "That's way too narrow." "I'd never know what the camera was pointing at." "Ooh." "Hexadecimals." "Hexadecimals to the rescue." "Ifiguredoneofyouguys keptanasciitable lyingaround." "AndI wasright." "Ladiesandgentlemen," "Igiveyousuper-nerd Bethjohanssen." "Whoalsohadcopies ofZorkii ..." "Andleathergoddessesof phobos  on her personal laptop." "Seriously,johanssen..." "It's like the Smithsonian of loneliness on there." "NotthatI'mcomplaining." "Yes!" "WhoamItotalk  aboutloneliness?" "I know where he's going with this." ""F, o."" ""7, w."" "Vincent." "Vincent, wake up." "Nowthatwe canhavemore  complicatedconversations..." "ThesmartpeopleatNASA  havesentme instructions onhowto hackthe rover..." "Sothatit cantalk topathfinder." "IfI hack atinybitofcode ..." "Just20instructionsinthe rover'soperatingsystem..." "NASAcanlink theroverto pathfinder's broadcastingfrequency..." "Andwe'rein business." ""Mark..." ""This is Vincent kapoor." ""We've been watching you since sol 54." ""Thewholeworld isrootingforyou ." ""Amazingjob gettingpathfinder." ""We'reworking onrescueplans." ""Meantime,we'reputting togethera supplymission..." ""To keep you fed until  Ares 4 arrives."" "Okay." "Okay." ""Glad to hear it." "Really looking forward to not dying."" ""How's the crew?"" ""What did they say when they found out I was alive?"" "Guys, can we get some space please?" "Me?" "Yeah, you." "Give me a sec." "Just tell him." ""We haven't told the crew you are alive yet." ""We need them to concentrate on their mission."" "What the fuck?" "What the fuck?" "Okay, he says, "they don't know I'm alive?" ""What the..." F-word." "F-word in gerund form." "F-word, again, "is wrong with you?"" ""Mark, please watch your language." ""Everything you type" ""is being broadcast live all over the world."" "Yeah?" "Oh,mygod." "Yes, sir." "He is under a tremendous amount of stress." "I understand." "We're working on it." "I'm sure he didn't mean what he said." "Thank you, Mr. president." "Problem is, mark's right." "The longer we wait, the worse it's gonna get." "We need to tell the crew." "You're bringing this up while Vincent is in Pasadena..." "So he can't argue the other side." "I shouldn't have to answer to Vincent." "Or anyone else." "It's time, Teddy." "CommanderLewis?" "Go ahead." "Datadump isalmostcomplete." "Copy that." "On my way." "You're in a hurry." "Yeah." "My son turned three yesterday." "Should be pictures of the party." "Got a batch of personals." "Dispatching them to your laptops now." "I don't need to read Vogel's weird German fetish emails." "They're telemetry updates." "Hey, whatever does it for you, man." "There's a video message." "It's addressed to the whole crew." "Play it." "Come on, guys." "I wanna get in on that telemetry action." "Hi,hello." "It 'sMitch." "MitchHenderson." "Ihavesomenews." "There'snosubtleway  toputthis." "Markwatneyis stillalive." "Oh, my god." "Iknowthat'sasurprise andI know youwillhave alotof questions." "Butherearethe basics." "He'saliveandhe'shealthy." "Wefoundouttwo monthsago anddecidednottotell you." "Two months?" "Oh, my god." "Iwasstrongly againstthatdecision." "We'retellingyou nowbecause..." "Wefinallyhave communicationwithhim..." "Anda viablerescueplan." "We'llgiveyouawrite-up ofwhathappened, afullwrite-upofeverything." "Butit'snotyourfault." "Markstressesthat everytimeit comesup." "So...yeah..." "Takesometimetoabsorbthis." "Andsendall thequestionsyouwant." "We'llanswerthem." "Allright." "Hendersonout ." "Holy shit, he's alive." "I left him behind." " No." " No." "We all left together." "You were following orders." "I left him behind." "Sonowthat NASAcantalktome, theywon'tshutup." "Theywantconstantupdates oneveryhabsystem..." "Andtheygot aroomfullofpeople tryingtomicromanage mycrops." "Whichisawesome." "Look,I don'tmeantosound arrogantoranything..." "ButI amthegreatestbotanist onthisplanet,so..." "Onebigbonus tothiscommunication withNASAagain..." "Istheemail." "I'mgettingthemagain." "Bigdatadumps likewhenIwas onthehermes." "Ievengotone  fromthepresident." "Thecoolestone,though, thecoolestoneIgot..." "Wasfrom universityofChicago, myAlmamater." "They say that once you grow crops somewhere..." "You've officially colonized it." "So,technically..." "IcolonizedMars." "In your face, Neil Armstrong." "In other news, there's been a request..." "For me to pose for a photograph on my next transmission." "I'm trying to figure out whether" "I should go with "high school senior"..." "Or "coquettish ingenue."" "But I'm not really sure how that's gonna look with my spacesuit on." "Hey!" "What is he doing?" "I asked for a photo, and what, he's the fonz?" "Justbegrateful wegotyousomething,Annie." "I can't use this, Vincent, and you know that." "I need a picture of his face." "Icouldtellhim  totakeoffhis helmet..." "But then he'd, you know, die, so..." "We'llrelease thephoto whenwedetail therescueoperation." "I want to announce we're launching some supplies to him next year..." "During the hohmann transfer window." "Bruce, your team's still on schedule?" "It'llbetight, butwe'llmakeit." "Nine-month travel time." "That puts the probe to Mars on sol 868." "Did we get the botany team's analysis?" "Yeah,theyestimatemark's cropswilllasttillsol912." "Theygrudginglyadmitthat he'sdoinggreatwork." "Grudgingly?" "Yeah." "Markhasatendency totellthem tohavesex withthemselves..." "Whenevertheyquestion oneofhisdecisions." "Get him in line, Vincent." "We can't afford any miscommunication." "I hate this margin." "912 sols worth of food." "We get there on 868." "And that's assuming nothing goes wrong." "Suitbreachdetected." "Oxygenlevelcritical." "Oxygenlevel,10 %." "Oxygenlevel,5% ." "Suitpressure,stable." "Pressurestable." "God!" "God, god, god, god!" "Crops are dead." "Complete loss of pressure boiled off most of the water." "Any bacteria that survived, died in the subzero temperatures..." "When exposed to Mars' atmosphere." "How long does he have?" "He can still eat the potatoes he has, he just can't grow any more..." "So give him 200 sols." "Rations get him to what?" "Sol 409?" "Mmm-hmm." "So with potatoes, 609." "So by sol 868, he'll be long dead." "We're gonna have to launch as soon as possible..." "Which changes our travel time." "Yeah, we're working on it." "Prelim estimates call for a 414-day trip." "It's sol 135 now." "We need 13 days to mount the boosters, perform inspections..." "Which gives Bruce and his team... 47 days to make this probe." "I'll let you call Bruce, give him the news." "Okay." "I'm gonna need a change of clothes." ""Dearmark..." ""ApparentlyNASA'slettingus talktoyounow ." ""And I drew the short straw." ""Sorryweleftyou  behindonMars." ""But we just don't like you." ""Also, it's a lot roomier on the  hermes without you." ""Wehaveto taketurns doingyourtasks." ""But, I mean, it's only botany." ""It's not real science."" "Oh, Jesus." ""How'sMars?"" ""DearMartinez, Marsisfine." ""Iaccidentally blewupthehab ..." ""Butunfortunately," ""allofcommanderLewis' discomusicstillsurvived."" ""But unfortunately," ""all of commander Lewis' disco music still survived."" ""Everyday, Igooutside" ""andlookat  thevasthorizons."" ""Every day, i go outside" ""and look at the vast horizons."" ""JustbecauseIcan ."" ""Just because I can." ""Tell the others i said hello."" ""Will do, buddy."" "Pressurestable." "5, 10... 15, 20, 30, 35... 40." "52." "Rich." "Rich." "Wake up." "Sorry, but they're asking for the probe courses." "What time is it?" "It's 3:42." "Look, I know we're coming at this backwards..." "But we can't commit to a firm launch date with this many unknowns." "It's all right." "Um..." "All 25 models for launch will take 414 days to reach Mars." "They vary slightly in thrust duration..." "And the fuel requirement is nearly identical." "Not a good time to launch, is it?" "Yeah, earth and Mars are really badly positioned." "Heck, it'd almost be easier if you..." "Almost easier to what?" "I need more coffee." "Ahh!" "Are you all right?" "It's fine." "Almost easier to what?" "You do understand I'm your boss, right?" "Uh-huh." "All right, let's ask the very, very expensive question." "Is the probe going to be ready on time?" "We'rebehind." "Give me a number." "15days.15 days andI cangetitdone ." "All right, let's create 15 days." "13 days to mount the probe." "Can we reduce?" "It actually only takes three days to mount the probe." "And we can get that down to two, right?" "Icangetitdown totwo." "10 days are for tests and inspections." "How often do those inspections reveal a problem?" "Are you suggesting we don't do the inspections?" "Right now I'm asking how often they reveal a problem." "One in 20." "But that's grounds for countdown halt." "We can't take that chance." "Anyone else know a safer way to buy more time?" "Dr. Keller, stretch watney's rations four more days." "You're not gonna like it, but that'll get us to 15." "And we'll cancel the inspections." "Teddy." "Sir, if that ever got out..." "It's on me." "You got your two weeks." "Get it done." "So, now I have to hold out until the probe gets here with more food." "You want to see what minimal calorie count looks like?" "Standard issue ration." "But instead of three of these every one day..." "I'm now eating one of these every three days." "And now, they've asked me..." "To do that." "The point is..." ""Stretchtherations fourmoredays"..." "Isa realdick-punch." "I'mgonnadipthispotato insomecrushedVicodin." "And there's nobody who can stop me." "Ithasbeensevendays  sinceI ranoutofketchup." "Up." "Up, up." "Yeah." "Let's go up here." "Labels facing up." "This is the flight director." "Begin launch status check." "Roger that, flight." "Beginning launch status check." "Do you believe in god, Vincent?" "Yeah." "Yeah, my father was a hindu, my mother's a baptist, so, yeah..." "I believe in several." "We'll take all the help we can get." "Launchstatuscheckcomplete." "This is flight." "We are go for launch." "Proceedingwiththecount." "10...9 ... 8... 7...6 ..." "Mainenginesstart." "4...3 ... 2... 1." "Liftoff." "Goodthrust." "Performanceisnominal." "Thetailis givinggooddata ." "She'srock solidatthispoint,flight." "Tvcslookgood." "We're getting a little shimmy, flight." "Say again?" "We are getting a very large precession." "Are we good?" "Flight, it'shittingtheredline." "It's spinning on the long axis around a 17-degree precession." "Launch, what's happening?" "Force on Iris is 7 g's." "We've lost readings on the probe, flight." "Oh, Jesus Christ." "We've lost it, flight." "Satcon?" "Nosatelliteacquisition ofsignal." "L.O.S." "L.O.S. Here, too." "U.S.destroyerstockton reportingdebris fallingfromthesky ." "Everyoneinthelcc , maintainyourpositions atyourconsoles." "Gc, lock the doors." ""CommanderLewis..." ""Imayneedyou  todosomethingfor me." ""IfI die,Ineedyouto checkinon my parents." ""They'llwannahearall about ourtimehereonMars ." ""Iknowthatsucks." ""Andit'llbe hard talkingtoacouple..." ""Abouttheirdeadson ." ""It's a lot to ask." ""Which is why I'm asking you." ""I'mnotgivingup." ""Wejustneedtoprepare foreveryoutcome." ""Please tell them..." ""Tell them I love what I do..." ""And I'm really good at it." ""AndthatI'mdying..." ""For something big..." ""And beautiful..." ""And greater than me." ""Tellthem IsaidIcan livewith that ." ""Andtellthem..." ""Thankyouforbeing mymomanddad ."" "Wesubstituted proteincubes forthestandardrations." "Thethrust ofthelaunchcombined withthesimultaneous lateralvibration..." "Liquefiedthecubesand  createdanunbalancedload." "Vincent,whywasn't thisaddressed intheinspectionsphase?" "Inorderto make ourlaunchwindow, wewereforced toaccelerateourschedule." "Yes." "Yes, I understand." "Thank you." "Yes!" "Allright." "Thanks to my uncle Tommy in China, we get another chance at this." "Now, we finished the  Iris probe in 62 days." "We are now gonna attempt to finish it in 28." "We can jettison any kind of landing system." "We're only sending rations." "We can crash-land on Mars." "You should hang up the phone." "I'm sorry, who are you?" "My name is rich purnell." "I work in astrodynamics, and you should hang up the phone right now." "All right, all right." "I'm gonna call you back." "I know how to save mark watney." "Your probe plan won't work." "Too many things can go wrong." "I've got a better way." "Astrodynamics?" "Yeah." "What the hell is "project elrond"?" "I had to make something up." "But "elrond"?" "Because it's a secret meeting." "How do you know that?" "Why does "elrond" mean "secret meeting"?" "Thecouncilof elrond." "It'sfromlordoftherings ." "Lordoftherings." "It's the meeting where they decide to destroy the one ring." "Ifwe'regonnacall something" projectelrond"..." "I would like my code name to be "glorfindel."" "Okay, I hate every one of you." "What, Teddy doesn't even know about this yet?" "I'm sorry, who are you?" "This is rich purnell, astrodynamics." "Tell them what you just told me." "I can get the  hermes back to Mars by sol 561." "How?" "Could you stand right there for me, please?" "Thanks." "Right there." "Great." "And could you stand right there?" "Right there." "Okay, let's pretend that this stapler is the  hermes..." "And you are..." "I'm sorry, what's your name again?" "Teddy." "I'm the director of NASA." "Cool." "Teddy, you're earth." "And right now, the  hermes is headed towards you..." "Starting its month-long deceleration to intercept." "But instead, what I'm proposing is..." "We start accelerating immediately to preserve velocity and gain even more." "We don't intercept with earth at all..." "But we come close enough to get a gravity assist and adjust course." "While we're doing that..." "We resupply with the probe..." "The  taiyang shen." "...pick up whatever provisions we need..." "And now we're accelerating towards Mars." "You're Mars." "Now, we're going too fast at this point to fall into orbit..." "But we can do a flyby." "Whatgoodis aflyby ifwecan'tget watney offthesurface?" "Watney would intercept using the mav." "Ow!" "And then we just head home." "I've done the math." "It checks out." "Rich." "Yes,sir." "Get out." "All right." " Is he right?" " Yeah." "Bruce, what do you think?" "Well,ifVincentsaysso." "We need to use the  taiyang shen?" "Uh-huh." "What am I missing?" "Why is that important?" "Because we can only do one." "Send watney enough food to last till  Ares 4..." "Or send  hermes back to get him right now." "Both plans require the  taiyang shen, so we have to choose." "But what about the  hermes crew?" "We'd be asking them to add 533 extra days to their mission." "Yeah." "They wouldn't hesitate, not for a second." "Can the  hermes function for 533 days beyond the scheduled mission end?" "It should." "Built to last the full  Ares mission..." "So technically, it's only halfway through its lifespan." "But if something goes wrong..." "Then we lose the crew." "Sowhat?" "Weeitherhaveahigh chance ofkillingoneperson..." "Ora lowchance ofkillingsixpeople." "Howdowe makethatdecision?" "We don't have to make it, Bruce." "He does." "Yeah, well, bullshit." "It should be commander Lewis' call." "We still have a chance to bring five astronauts home safe and sound." "I'm not risking their lives." "Let them make that decision." "Mitch, we're going with option one." "You goddamn coward." "Johanssen?" "Yeah." "I know it's your private time." "Can I bother you for a second?" "Yeah,goahead." "Whereareyou?" "The gym." "What's up?" "I just got an email from my wife and the subject line says, "our children."" "My computer won't open the attachment." "Okay." "Let's take a look." "Uh..." "Let's see." "This isn't a jpeg." "It's a plain ascii text file." "I don't really know what we're looking at." "Does that make any sense to you?" ""Rich purnell maneuver."" "It's a course maneuver for the  hermes." "And the mission concludes with earth intercept, 211 days later." "Would it work?" "Mmm-hmm." "We ran the numbers." "They check out." "It's a brilliant course." "So why all the cloak and dagger?" "Because it goes directly against NASA's decision." "Yeah." "If we do the maneuver, they'd have to send the supply ship or we die." "We have the opportunity to force their hand." "So, are we gonna do it?" "If it was up to me, we'd already be on our way." "But it is, though, isn't it?" "Up to you." "Not this time." "This is something NASA expressly rejected." "We're talking about mutiny here, which is not a word that I take lightly." "So we do this together or not at all." "And before you answer, consider the consequences." "If we mess up the supply rendezvous, we die." "If we mess up the earth gravity assist, we die." "If we do everything perfectly..." "We add 533 days to our mission." "533 more days before we see our families again." "533 days of unplanned space travel..." "Where anything could go wrong." "If it's mission critical, we die." "Sign me up." "All right, cowboy, slow down." "You and I, we're military." "Chances are, we go home, they'll court martial us." "Yeah, there's that." "And for the rest of you guys..." "I guarantee they will never send you back up here again." "Good." "So, if we go for it, how would it work?" "I plot the course and execute it." "Remote override." "They could take over the  hermes from mission control." "Can you disable it?" "Hermeshasfourredundant flight computers..." "Each connected to three redundant comm systems." "We can't shut down the comms because we'd lose telemetry and guidance." "And we can't shut down the computers because we need to run the ship." "I'd have to disable remote override on each system." "It's part of the os, I'd have to jump over the code." "Okay, but, like, in English, what would that mean?" "I can do it." "Great." "Well, it has to be unanimous." "If we do this, it'll be over 900 days of space." "That's more than enough space for one life..." "So, yes." "I vote yes." "Let's go get him." "Johanssen?" "Yes." "Yeah!" "Got an unscheduled status update from  hermes." "Roger." "Read it out." "Message reads, "Houston, please be advised." ""Rich purnell is a steely-eyed missile man."" "What?" "Flight, guidance." "Hermesisoff-course." "Capcom, advise  hermes they're drifting." "Guidance, get a correction ready." "Negative, flight, it's not drift." "They've adjusted course." "What the hell?" "Telemetry, any chance this is instrumentation failure?" "Negative, flight." "Guidance, work at how long they can stay on this course before it's irreversible." "Working on that now, flight." "Hey." "Who's rich purnell?" "I dunno." "Will somebody find out who the hell rich purnell is?" "Annie will go before the media this morning..." "And inform them of NASA's decision to reroute the  hermes to Mars." "Sounds like a smart move." "Considering the circumstances." "Whoever gave them the maneuver only passed along information." "Crew made the decision on their own." "You may have killed them, Mitch." "We're fighting the same war." "Every time something goes wrong, the world forgets why we fly." "I'm trying to keep us airborne." "It's bigger than one person." "No." "It's not." "When this is over, I'll expect your resignation." "I understand." "Bring our astronauts home." "Every  Ares mission requires three years of pre-supplies." "So NASA decided a long time ago it's a lot easier..." "To send some of the stuff beforehand rather than bring it with us." "So, as a result, the mav for  Ares 4..." "Is already there at the schiaparelli crater, just waiting." "So the plan is for me to use that to go into orbit..." "Just as the  hermes is passing..." "And I guess they catch me?" "In space." "So, I've got 200 sols to figure out..." "How to take everything here that's keeping me alive..." "The oxygenator, the water reclaimer, the atmospheric regulator..." "Bringthatallwithme." "Andluckily, Ihavethegreatestminds onplanetearth..." "Really,allof thebrainpower ontheentireplanet..." "Helpingmewiththisendeavor." "Andsofar they'vecomeup with..." ""Hey,whydon'tyou  drillholes" ""ontheroofofyour rover..." ""Andhitit as hardasyoucan witha rock?"" "We're gonna get there." "533dayslonger?" "Andyousaidyes tothis ?" "He would have done the same for me." "You know that." "Cheese." "You do "cheese"?" "Cheese." "He didn't do "cheese."" "Did he do "cheese"?" "Hey,baby." "Hey." "Igotsomethingfor you ." "Founditin the fleamarket." "Originalpressing." "No!" "Nota scratch." "I love it." "All due respect to your cnsa protocol..." "But we haven't done things that way..." "Since  Apollo 9." "Did he get that?" "Mmm-hmm." "Yeah." "Mmm-hmm." "Mmm-hmm." "Oh!" "I'vebeenthinking aboutlawson Mars." "There'san internationaltreaty sayingnocountry canlayclaim..." "Toanythingthat's notonearth." "Andbyanothertreaty, ifyou'renotinany country'sterritory..." "Maritimelawapplies." "SoMars isinternationalwaters." "Now,NASAis an American non-militaryorganization." "Itownsthehab ." "ButthesecondIwalk outside, I'mininternationalwaters." "Sohere'sthecoolpart ." "I'maboutto leavefor  theschiaparellicrater..." "Where I'm gonna commandeer the  Ares 4 lander." "Nobody explicitly gave me permission to do this..." "Andtheycan't untilI 'monboardthe Ares4." "SothatmeansI'm gonnabe takinga craftover..." "Ininternationalwaters withoutpermission." "Which,bydefinition, makesmeapirate." "Markwatney,spacepirate." "A space pirate." "EverywhereI go, I'mthefirst." "It'sa strangefeeling." "Stepoutsidetherover..." "Firstguyto be there." "Climbthathill, firstguyto do that." "Fourandahalf billionyears..." "Nobodyhere." "Andnow,me ." "I'mthefirstpersontobe  aloneonan entireplanet." "How's he doing?" "So far, so good." "He's sticking to schedule." "Drives for four hours before noon..." "Lays the solar panels, waits 13 hours for them to recharge..." "And sleeps somewhere in there and then starts again." "How's he doing?" "He asked us to call him captain blondebeard." "Well, technically, Mars would be under maritime..." "Yeah, I know." "He explained it to us." "Where is he?" "There." "Okay." "Here." "Okay." "Okay,I 'mgonnastart bystatingforthe record thatyou'renot gonnalikethis." "Oh, yeah?" "Yeah, the problem is the intercept velocity." "The  hermes, well..." "It can't enter Mars' orbit." "Otherwise, they'll never have enough fuel to make it home." "The mav, that was only designed to get to low Mars orbit." "So in order for mark to escape Mars' gravity entirely..." "And to intercept the  hermes..." "He has to be going fast." "Exactly." "Whichmeanswe needtomake  themavlighter." "Alotlighter." "5,000kilogramslighter." "You can do that, right?" "There'ssomegimmes rightoffthebat ." "Thedesignpresumes 500kilograms ofmartiansoiland samples." "Obviously we won't do that." "And there's just one passenger instead of six." "With suits and gear, that's another 500?" "Ditch the life support, don't need it." "And we'll get mark to wear his Eva suit the whole trip." "Wait a second." "If he's in his Eva suit, how is he gonna operate the controls?" "Well, he won't." "Martinez will pilot the mav remotely from the  hermes." "We've never had a manned ship controlled remotely before." "But I am excited about the opportunities that affords." "If we go remote, we can lose the control panels, the secondary and tertiary comm systems." "Waita second." "Youwantaremote-controlled ascentwithno backupcomms?" "He's not even got to the bad stuff yet, Vincent." "Let's skip to the bad stuff!" "We need to remove the nose airlock, the windows, and hull panel 19." "You want to take the front of the ship off?" "Sure." "Thenoseairlock aloneis400kilograms." "You want to send a man into space without the front of his ship?" "Well,no." "We'regonna havehimcoverit withhabcanvas." "Look,thehull'smostlythere tokeeptheair in." "Mars' atmosphere is so thin, you don't need a lot of streamlining." "By the time the ship's going fast enough for air resistance to matter..." "It'll be high enough that there's practically no air." "You wanna send him into space under a tarp." "Yes." "CanI goon ?" "No." "You think he means it like..." ""Are you kidding me?"" "You know?" "Mmm-hmm." "Or like, "are you kidding me?"" "I think it might be the second one." "Really?" "Uh-huh." "Could be the first way." ""Are you kidding me?"" "Yeah, it could be the first way." "Iknow whatthey'redoing." "I know exactly what they're doing." "They just keep repeating..." ""Go faster than any man in the history of space travel."" "Likethat'sagoodthing." "Likeit'lldistractmefrom  howinsanetheirplanis." "Yeah, I get to go faster than any man in the history of space travel..." "Because you are launching me in a convertible." "Actually it's worse than that because I won't even be able to control the thing." "Andbytheway ,physicists, whendescribingthings likeacceleration..." "Donotusethe word"fast."" "So they're only doing that in the hopes that I won't raise any objections..." "To this lunacy." "BecauseI liketheway" ""fastestmanin thehistory ofspacetravel"sounds." "Idolikethe way itsounds." "Imean,Ilikeitalot." "I'mnotgonnatellthem that ." "Okay." "Let'sdothis." "Come on." "Beck,Vogel, Iwantyouguysinairlock2 withtheouterdooropen ..." " Before the mav even launches." " Okay." "Martinezfliesthemav , johanssensysopstheascent." "Oncewehitintercept, it'sBeck'sjob togogetwatney." "We're ready." "What's the intercept plan?" "We finished attaching the tethers into one long line." "It's 214 meters long." "And I'll have the mmu, so moving around should be easy." "How fast a relative velocity can you handle?" "I can grab the mav at 5 meters per second." "10 is like jumping onto a moving train." "So any more than that and I might miss." "Well, we may have some leeway." "The launch takes 12 minutes." "And it'll be 52 minutes before intercept." "Once mark's engine shuts off..." "We'll know our intercept point and velocity." "Vogel, you're Beck's backup." "Everything goes well, you pull them on board with the tether." "If anything goes wrong, you go out after him." "Yep." "Okay." "Let's go get our boy." "There's a mood of tension and anxiety here, outside Johnson space center." "As you can see, many people have gathered here..." "To see whether or not the mission to retrieve mark watney will be a success." "They'vehad somecontactwithhim , butithasn'tbeenvery much ." "Wehaveto remindour viewers thatwe'rewatchingthis asitunfolds." "Sowe'lltry andkeepyouup-to-date astowhatexactly isgoingon ." "Let'slistenin to NASAmaking contactwithmarkwatney." "Let'slistenin ." "If something goes wrong, what can mission control do?" "Not a damn thing." "It's all happening 12 light-minutes away..." "Which means it takes 24 minutes for them to get the answer to any question they ask." "The whole launch is 12 minutes..." "So they're on their own." "...justhowlong markhasbeen completelyaloneon Mars." "We'retalkingto apsychology expertlaterto discuss..." "Fuelpressure, green." "Engine alignment, perfect." "Communications,fiveby five." "Wearereadyfor pre-flight checklist,commander." "Missioncontrol, thisishermesactual." "Wewillproceedonschedule." "Wearet-minus2minutes, 10seconds tolaunch,by themark." "About two minutes, watney." "Howyoudoingdownthere?" "I'm good." "I'm anxious to get up to you." "Thanks for coming back for me." "Well,we'reon it ." "Remember,you'llbe pulling someseriousg's, soit'sokaytopass out." "You're in Martinez's hands now." "Well, tell that asshole no barrel rolls." "Copy that, mav." "Capcom." "Go." "Remotecommand." "Go." "Recovery." "Go." "Secondaryrecovery." "Go." "Pilot." "Go." "Pilot." "Go." "Copy." "We'rego ." "Missioncontrol, wearego forlaunch." "T-minus ten..." "Nine..." "Main engine start." "Eight..." "Seven..." "Mooringclampsreleased." "About five seconds, watney." "Hang on." "I'll see you in a few, commander." "Four..." "Three..." "Two..." "One." "Velocity, 741 meters per second." "Altitude, 1350 meters." "That's too low." "It's fighting me." "Watney,doyouread?" "Booster separationcomplete." "Velocity, 850." "Altitude, 1843." "He's well below target altitude." "How far below?" "Checking." "Watney." "Do you read?" "He'sprobably passedout." "Hepulled12 g's ontheascent." "Givehimafew minutes." "Copythat." "Mainshutdown inthree..." "Two,one..." "Shutdown." "Backto automaticguidance." "Shutdownconfirmed." "Fuelreservesdepleted." "Watney?" "Doyouread?" "Itseemsthere'ssome sortofproblem withthetransmission." "Ihaveintervalpings." "Intercept velocity will be 11 meters per second." "I can make that work." "Distance at intercept will be..." "We'll be 68 kilometers apart." "68kilometers?" "Didshejustsay  68kilometers?" "Come on, guys, keep it together." "Work the problem." "Johanssen, time to intercept?" "39minutes, 12seconds." "Martinez, what if we point our thrusters in the same direction?" "Well, it depends how much fuel you wanna save..." "For the altitude adjustments for the trip home." "How much do you need?" "I can get by with about 20% of what we have left." "If we use 75.5% of remaining altitude-adjust fuel..." "That will bring the intercept range to zero." "Do it." "Hang on." "It brings the range to zero..." "But the intercept velocity will be 42 meters per second." "Andthat'swaytoo fast." "Then we'll have 39 minutes to figure out how to slow down." "Martinez, burn the jets." "Copy that." "Mav to  hermes." "Watney?" "Affirmative." "What'syourstatus?" "Mychesthurts." "Ibrokemy ribs." "Howareyou?" "We'reworkingon  gettingtoyou." "Therewasacomplication duringlaunch." "Copy that." "How bad is it?" "We'vecorrected theinterceptrange, butwe'vegotaproblem withinterceptvelocity." "Howbigaproblem?" "42 meters a second." "Well..." "Shit." "Commander,I havean idea." "Goahead,mark." "Well, if I can find something sharp in here..." "And poke a hole in the glove of my Eva suit..." "I could use the escaping air as a thruster..." "Andflytowardsyou ." "Itwouldbe easytocontrol becauseitwouldbeonmy arm." "I can't see you having any control if you did that." "You'd be eyeballing the intercept using a thrust vector you can barely control." "Yes, those are all very good points." "But consider this." "I'd get to fly around like iron man." "Commander..." "Let'sgoironman ." "Thisisunexpectedlos ." "Communicationlost." "Standby." "Maybe it's not the worst idea." "No, it is the worst idea." "It's the worst idea ever." "Not what he said." "Using atmosphere as thrust." "What happens if we blow the val?" "Wait, you want to open the vehicular airlock?" "It'll give us a good kick." "But also blow the nose off the ship." "And all the air would leave and we need air to not die." "We would seal the bridge and the reactor room." "Everywhere else would go vacuo." "Vogel." "Goahead,commander." "I need you to come inside and make a... bomb." "Again, commander?" "You'rea chemist." "Canyoumakeabomb with  whatyouhaveonboard?" "Probably." "But I feel obliged to mention that setting off an explosive device..." "Ina spacecraft isa terrible,terribleidea." "Hang on." "You guys making a bomb without me?" "Copythat." "Canyoudo it ?" "Ja." "Houston,beadvised." "Wearegoingtodeliberately breachtheval toproduceareversethrust." "Beck, leave your suit on." "Meet johanssen in airlock 1." "We'll open the outer door." "Ineedyoutoplacethecharge  ontheinnerdoor." "Climbbackto airlock2 alongthehull." "Copy." "I'm on my way." "I'm in, commander." "Copythat." "Vogel, where are you?" "I'minthekitchen." "Okay." "Commander..." "I can't let you go through with this." "I am prepared to cut the suit." "Absolutely not." "See,thethingis,  I'mselfish." "I want all the memorials back home to be about me." "Justme." "I should have left this guy on Mars." "Hey." "Sugar?" "Yeah." "Can you hold this?" "Liquid oxygen..." "And some stain remover that contains ammonia." "This thing here is five times stronger than a stick of dynamite." "How do we activate it?" "Can you connect this to one of our lighting panels?" "Careful." "Open airlock 1." "I'm on the way to Beck." "Let's just hope this is a good idea, guys." "It is." "Opena1." "Hi." "Hey." "You got it?" "Mmm." "Make sure you're not in here when this thing goes off." "Hey." "Be careful out there." "In space." "Don't tell anyone i did that." "Bomb set." "Leaving airlock 1." "Guys, I'm running the numbers, and even with optimal val blow..." "We're gonna be off on our angle." "What's the intercept distance?" "Johanssen?" "260 meters, approximate." "That's too far." "Commander?" "Martinez, close the door." "Open d3." "And leave it open." "Openb2." "Johanssen..." "Timetovalblow afterinitiate?" "15 seconds." "We sure know how to cut it close." "Commander?" "Distance is too far." "I'm going out." "I can do this." "It's not a debate." "I'm not risking another crew member." "Beck's returned." "Johanssen, initiate the bomb." "Ten seconds." "Strap in." "Five,four..." "Three..." "Brace for deceleration." "Two..." "One." "Activating panel 41." "Bridge seal holding." "What's the damage?" "Worry aboutthatlater." "What'sthe relativevelocity?" "12 meters per second." "Copy." "Hook me up." "Done." "I have visual on the mav." "What'stheinterceptrange?" "I'm checking." "312 meters." "Did you say 312?" "Great." "I'll wave at you guys as I go by." "Oh!" "I can't get to you, mark." "You're too far." "I'mnotgonnamakeit." "I know." "Beck,unhookme ." "I'mgoingafterhim ." "Commander, I got this." "Mark, report." "On my way, commander." "Damn it." "Johanssen, what's my relative velocity to mark?" "5.2 meters per second." "Copy." "Adjusting course." "3.1meters persecond." "Distancetotarget,24meters." "11 meters to target." "Sixmeters." "Hold on, mark." "I got him." "Igothim." "Igothim." "Way to go, iron man." "Beck, pull us in." "It's good to see you." "You..." "Have terrible taste in music." "Houston, thisishermesactual." "Wegothim." "Watneyissecure." "Contact in outer space with mark watney." "Aftera verylongtime, theyhavedone whatmanypeoplethought wasimpossible." "Missionconfirmation:" "Markwatneyhasbeen successfullyrescued." "Grab a hold of him." "Hey, handsome!" "Beck, close the hatch." "Hey, guys!" "Houston, sixcrewsafelyaboard." "Thisishugemomentfor thisnation,forthe world..." "Andindeed,for internationalspacetravel." "I can't believe anything you do works." "Hey!" "Oh, god." "I can't believe it." "There's a little smell going on over there, bud." "I know." "I haven't had a shower in a year and a half." "Don't make me laugh, i have broken ribs." "Hey, there." "Morning, sir." "It's an honor, sir." "Sir." "Sir." "Sir." "Morning, sir." "Welcometothe astronautcandidateprogram." "Now pay attention, because this could save your life." "Trust me, I know what I'm talking about." "Let me get a few things out of the way, right off the bat." "Yes, I did in fact survive on a deserted planet by farming in my own shit." "Yes, it's actually worse than it sounds." "So let's not talk about that ever again." "The other question I get most frequently is..." ""When I was up there, stranded by myself..." ""Did I think i was going to die?"" "Yes, absolutely." "And that's what you need to know going in because it's going to happen to you." "This is space." "It does not cooperate." "At some point, everything is going to go south on you." "Everything is going to go south and you're going to say, "this is it." ""This is how I end."" "Now, you can either accept that..." "Or you can get to work." "That's all it is." "You just begin." "You do the math." "You solve one problem..." "Then you solve the next one." "And then the next." "And if you solve enough problems, you get to come home." "All right, questions?" "Once missioncontrolcompletes theirpre-flightchecks..." "We'llbeginlaunchprocedures." "TheAres5team will  rendezvouswiththehermes..." "Approximately 48 minutes after launch." "From there, they will have 414 days of space travel ahead of them." "Havethegoalschanged fromthepreviousmission..." "TotheAres5program?" "Andwhatdo youhopeto achievethistimearound?" "Well,no." "Thegoals havealwaysbeenthe same for the  Ares program." "This time, of course, we hope to bring all the astronauts back at the same time." "Flight, guidance check complete." "Copy, guidance." "This is flight." "We are go for launch, on schedule." "Finalaerosurface checksarecomplete..." "Aseverythingremainsago  forthelaunchoftheAres5 ." "20seconds." "Proceedingwiththecount." "T-minus10...9..." "Mainenginestart." "7...6 ...5 ...4 ..." "Three...two...one." "Andliftoff." "AsthecrewoftheAres5 ..." "Beginthenextchapter ofAmericanspaceexploration." "Pressureslookgood." "Wow." "Good shot." "Thereyouhaveit.." "Fiveyearsafterthe rescue ofastronautmarkwatney..." "AnAres5ison itsway toMars."