ETA: Wow. My feelings about The Martian are... so not yours. I laughed my ass off and was scared and triumphant and loved every word of it. The thing about Mark is he's an astronaut. These people are not just smart and level-headed and trained to within and inch of their lives, but they're really a different breed. They *don't* panic. They *don't* get (outwardly) scared (for more than a second). They assess the situation and find a solution. And they triumph. Which is what that Apollo scene is all about. The science details aren't really the thing (although I really enjoyed those, too). It's the "here's the problem, now let's find the solution". And the bigger the problem, the greater the glory. And what's bigger than being stuck on Mars!?
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ETA: Wow. My feelings about The Martian are... so not yours. I laughed my ass off and was scared and triumphant and loved every word of it. The thing about Mark is he's an astronaut. These people are not just smart and level-headed and trained to within and inch of their lives, but they're really a different breed. They *don't* panic. They *don't* get (outwardly) scared (for more than a second). They assess the situation and find a solution. And they triumph. Which is what that Apollo scene is all about. The science details aren't really the thing (although I really enjoyed those, too). It's the "here's the problem, now let's find the solution". And the bigger the problem, the greater the glory. And what's bigger than being stuck on Mars!?