Vikki

Vikki asked Andy Weir:

I really enjoyed the book. Really! Could you give examples of the type of research you did for it, who you spoke to, what you read?

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Daniel Draney

Daniel Draney asked Andy Weir:

You seem to have a lot of knowledge about Astronautics, given all the fantastic detail in your book, was that a possible career for you, a subject you have studied previously out of curiosity, or did you do a lot of detailed research on it?

Chuck

Chuck asked Andy Weir:

Was writing The Martian difficult for you, or did it mostly flow out with the propulsive energy that keeps readers turning the pages?

Bob

Bob asked Andy Weir:

How much of the technology (spacecraft, lander, spacesuits, tent, etc) that you include is "NASA has this in use today" and how much is "we could do this if we wanted to, we've just never bothered to", and how much of it did you have to just make up something brand new that humans invented just for the trip to Mars?

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