Dan

Dan asked Andy Weir:

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

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Patrick J Dalton

Patrick J Dalton asked Andy Weir:

How confident are you in Ridley Scott's upcoming cinematic vision of your work? What sacrifices were made from the novel for the film adaptation and what was your level of input during the screenwriting process?

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Sumit asked Andy Weir:

Hi Andy The Martian is such a great book. What I was particularly impressed with was the nature (i.e. attitude and where the characters were coming from) and the mood of all the characters - which seemed very reasonable and plausible. How did you get to picking and setting that up? How much was it from experience with particular people and how much your own invention?

Jeff

Jeff asked Andy Weir:

If you were stranded on a desert island and could only take one thing with you, what would it be?

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