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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?

Andy Weir I have enough knowledge to make fictional orbital paths, but I lack the mathematical training to do real ones. I'm sure I could learn but it would be years and years of schooling. It would be a career reset.
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Anastasia
Anastasia asked Andy Weir:

I really liked Mark Watney and his behaviour during this kind of situation. What inspired you to create Mark Watney? Was it difficult to do the research for this book?

Jay
Jay asked Andy Weir:

Who is your favorite Astronaut and why?

Addison
Addison asked Andy Weir:

I've heard that you're a huge Doctor Who fan. I was wondering if you could give us a synopsis of The Martian if the Doctor (of your choice) happened to drop in to rescue Mark Watney at any point in the story? What kind of problems would they run in to along the way?

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