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There's an explosive, surprisingly true story hidden in 'The Martian'
The blast happens when astronaut Mark Watney (played by Matt Damon) tries burning rocket fuel to ma…
Kelly Dickerson
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'The Martian' author Andy Weir solved moon economics to make his new book 'Artemis' believable
The thing that matters most about rocket fuel is a property called "specific impulse." I don't want…
Andy Weir
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The biggest mistake in 'The Martian' is absolutely critical to the movie's plot
It may come as a surprise that Andy Weir, the author of the sci-fi novel that Scott adapted, knew t…
Kelly Dickerson
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This comic explains why we are so excited for 'The Martian'
The story of "The Martian" follows astronaut Mark Watney as he faces real scientific and technical …
Kelly Dickerson
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Elon Musk just revealed who will fly to the moon on SpaceX's new rocket ship
Maezawa was a skateboarder and drummer in his youth, and founded the fashion label Zozo 20 years ag…
Dave Mosher
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A former NASA scientist says 'The Martian' movie 'is completely doable.' But Elon Musk's city on Mars is another story.
Musk has mentioned the potential to use domed greenhouses to grow food on the red planet and water …
Dave Mosher
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NASA is about to land its $830-million InSight mission on Mars. Here's a second-by-second timeline of the probe's treacherous journey to the Martian surface.
Getting a rocket ride to the red planet is the easy part. It's touching down on Mars that aerospace…
Dave Mosher
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Could we really mix feces into Martian dirt and grow potatos?
And crops on Mars would have other uses beyond food. Mars' thin atmosphere has a lot of carbon diox…
Kelly Dickerson
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'The Martian' is the best space sci-fi movie of my time
In short, it's inspiring. And not in a "gee, wouldn't it be cool if we had warp drives or teleporta…
Kelly Dickerson
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Why 'The Martian' is going to blow 'Interstellar' and 'Gravity' out of the water
"The Martian" is a gritty survivalist tale that follows the story of astronaut Mark Watney after he…
Kelly Dickerson
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Why 'The Martian' is going to be way better than 'Interstellar' or 'Gravity'
"The Martian" is a gritty survivalist tale that follows the story of astronaut Mark Watney after he…
Kelly Dickerson
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The author of 'The Martian' doesn't think there's life on Mars
"The Martian" tells the story of Mark Watney, a botanist and mechanical engineer who is left strand…
Kelly Dickerson
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Some of the trickiest science in 'The Martian' came from the book's biggest fans
"Chemists actually pointed out some problems in early drafts," Weir said during a discussion of "Th…
Kelly Dickerson
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Here's why I left 'The Martian' with a terrible sinking feeling
The society's plan proposes sending humans to orbit Mars in 2033, then landing on the surface befor…
Kelly Dickerson
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Jeff Bezos just gave a private talk in New York. From utopian space colonies to dissing Elon Musk's Martian dream, here are the most notable things he said.
On Tuesday, Bezos revisited his grand plans for humanity and gave updates on the work that Blue Ori…
Dave Mosher
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LAST TOWN BEFORE MARS: SpaceX's most vocal holdouts in South Texas are selling their homes to Elon Musk's rocket company to make way for a Mars spaceport
"He ought to put one of these in his backyard himself within a mile and a half of his house and lau…
Dave Mosher
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'Science as a religion': The screenwriter for 'The Martian' tells us his key demand for the film
Watney is our guide as he talks directly into tiny cameras throughout his base on Mars, almost givi…
Jason Guerrasio
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NASA's top planetary scientist told us what he thinks of the science in 'The Martian'
In the book and film, Watney's mission was only supposed to last 30 days, but because of a rogue du…
Tanya Lewis
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NASA CHIEF: We'll see American boots on Martian soil by the 2030s
NASA's plans are already in motion. The organization's giant SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft that i…
Kelly Dickerson
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A NASA rocket blasted colorful clouds into space - here's what they looked like
The magnetic bubble that surrounds our planet is vital to life, since it deflects the sun's constan…