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- In a way, The Martian is just

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The Hangover, in space,

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'cause they left a guy behind.

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One of the things that
they did really well

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in the movie was the time it takes

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to communicate with Mars.

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- [Voiceover] We've got
an incoming message.

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- Takes, like, 15 minutes
just to send a signal to Mars,

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and 15 minutes to get a signal back.

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- I'm a botanist.

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- The terraforming was
probably one of the most

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accurate things in the movie.

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Growing potatoes with poop, martian soil,

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water from exploding rocket fuel,

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that is all totally feasible.

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- [Voiceover] Anyone gets lost,

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hone in to my suit's telemetry. You ready?

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- Ready.

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- The funny thing about
the tarp at the end

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was the movie kind of contradicted itself.

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It said oh, the
atmosphere's not that thick,

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we can just put a tarp on the top,

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but then there was a giant sand storm

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that knocked over a rocket
and impaled Matt Damon

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with a tiny spear.

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So, which one is it, guys?

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- [Voiceover] Hey!

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- [Voiceover] Watch out!

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- Mars does have storms,

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but they're just not quite as violent

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as depicted in the movie.

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There is an atmosphere,

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there is wind, sometimes
the dust blows around,

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you get dust bunnies and what not,

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but there are not these
giant, violent storms

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that can knock over a spaceship.

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I really loved the moment when they dug up

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the old Mars rover and used it to start

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communications back with the planet Earth.

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What a great call back to
stuff that JPL actually

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did in the nineties.

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- [Voiceover] 1200 kilometers in diameter

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bearing 24.41 degrees.

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- It was really nice to
see some females in lead

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and important roles in this movie.

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I think there's a lot of really fantastic

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real life female role
models in the space program,

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and in other places throughout NASA.

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We need more, but it's nice to see them

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on the big screen.

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- [Voiceover] If we mess up
the Earth gravity assist,

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we die.

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- Lots of people think it's
time to start trying to

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colonize other planets like Mars,

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and it may be important
to begin to explore

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and look to those places,

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but you can't forget that we have

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to take care of the planet

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we already live on.

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We're not going to get all 7
billion people off the planet

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to Mars, and in the meantime,

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ours is kinda getting devastated.

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So, pay attention to home,

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but look to the stars too.

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