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“If a hiker gets lost in the mountains, people will coordinate a search. If a train crashes, people will line up to give blood. If an earthquake levels a city, people all over the world will send emergency supplies. This is so…
As with most of life's problems, this one can be solved with a box of pure radiation.
"Once I'd shut everything down, the interior of the Hab [living unit] was eerily silent. I'd spent 449 sols [Mars days] listening to its heaters, vents, and fans. But now it was dead quiet. It was a creepy kind of quiet that's hard to…
"He must rely on his own resourcefulness to survive. He begins a log of his experiences. His philosophy is to "work the problem", solving each challenge in turn as it confronts him."
“ “What must it be like?” He pondered. “He’s stuck out there. He thinks he’s totally alone and that we all gave up on him. What kind of effect does that have on a man’s psychology?” He turned back to Venkat. “I wonder what he’s thinking…
Yes, of course of course duct tape works in a near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshipped. You know what? "kilowatt-hours per sol" is a pain in the ass to say. I'm gonna invent a new scientific name.…
"Six days into what should be the greatest two months of my life, and it's turned into a nightmare." - Mark Watney
SEARCHING FOR TELEMETRY SIGNAL . . . SEARCHING FOR TELEMETRY SIGNAL . . . SEARCHING FOR TELEMETRY SIGNAL . . . SIGNAL ACQUIRED . . .
The cast in space: “Beck said (to sister Amy.) “Everyone has multiple roles. I’m the doctor, the biologist, and the EVA specialist. Commander Lewis is our geologist. Johanssen is the sysop and reactor tech. And so on” How about that…
More Dilbert-like humor: They say once you grow crops somewhere, you have officially ‘colonised’ it. So technically, I colonised Mars. In your face, Neil Armstrong! I need to ask myself, 'What would an Apollo astronaut do?' He'd drink…
Dilbert-like humor (2 of 3): People have been using human waste as fertilizer for centuries. It’s even got a pleasant name: “night soil.” … My asshole is doing as much to keep me alive as my brain. The worst moments in life are heralded…
Dilbert-like humor (3 of 3): WATNEY: Look! A pair of boobs! -> (.Y.) Also, I have duct tape. Ordinary duct tape, like you buy at a hardware store. Turns out even NASA can’t improve on duct tape. “Venkat’s got a doctorate in…
Dilbert-like humor (1 of 3:) “I admit it’s fatally dangerous,” Watney said. “But consider this: I’d get to fly around like Iron Man.” Live Another Sol would be an awesome name for a James Bond movie.“ I’ll drink as needed and dump my…
No plan survives first contact with the enemy.
"As with most of life's problems, this one can be solved by a box of pure radiation."
"Hell yeah I'm a botanist1 Fear my botany powers!" "Remember those old math questions you had in algebra class? Where water is entering a container at a certain rate and leaving it at a different rate and you need to find out when it…
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"Yes, of course duct tape works in a near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshiped."