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Mark
Mark asked Andy Weir:

Your book was gripping, descriptive and was entirely plausible. At no point did I feel I needed to consciously suspend my disbelief. Did you base your novel entirely on scientific fact, or did you rely on certain assumptions to enable the story to flow in the direction you wanted?

Andy Weir It's very strongly based in scientific fact. See this question for more information: https://www.goodreads.com/questions/2...
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Do you have shares in duct tape?

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Matt Damon has been rumored to play the lead in the movie adaptation of "The Martian". Damon can be currently seen in "Interstellar" playing a marooned astronaut. Do you think Damon playing a similar character will hurt the box office for the movie adaptation?

Dan
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Are the Ares missions in the book based on actual missions that NASA or another space agency proposed?

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