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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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When writing this great book, did you know how it would end, how he would get rescued, as you wrote it, or did it develop during the writing process? Will you make sure the movie stats true to the book?

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Movie Skink asked Andy Weir:

Hello, When I'm working on or learning something extremely dense and technical the ideas and information often begin to invade my dreams as well as my waking hours. While reading The Martian I couldn't help wondering if the life and death situation you had created had taken root in your subconscious in this way?

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What does Mars smell like?

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