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|    Re: Review: The Martian    |
|    05 Jun 16 20:49:39    |
      Great moments:              1       1       1       1       1       1       1       1       1       1       1       1       1       1       1              NASA discovering that Mark is alive by noticing movements at the Aries 3 camp       site.              Mark communicating with Earth via an improvised alphabet and the camera of an       old Mars rover.              Mark growing potatoes on Mars.              A care package launch going haywire due to the protein cubed liquifying and       shifting.              The crew of the Hermes looping around Earth (in disobediance of NASA's wishes)       to return to Mars to pick up Mark on the fly.              Mark gutting the Aries 4 Mars Ascent Vehicle to get it light enough to reach       the intercept point. But the MAV is 68 km short, so the Hermes burns 75.5% of       its maneuvering fuel to get to Mark, but it will be going at 42 meters/sec       relative to him.              The Hermes crew blowing a hole in the Hermes to let out air to slow down. The       Hermes is still going at 12m/sec relative to Mark, and is 312 meters away.              Mark therefore punching a hole in his glove so that he can use the escaping       air to reach the Hermes commander, who is waiting outside the Hermes.              At the end, Mark giving a lecture to Aries 5 trainees. What happened to Aries       4? How did the Aries 4 folks leave Mars (with Mark having used their ascent       vehicle!). How did the Aries 4 mission get to Mars, since the Hermes wasn't       available to        transport them? (The Aries 5 folks were to rendezvous with the Hermes to get       to Mars).              New goal for Aries 5: Bring all the astronauts back at the same time!        Actually, all the Aries 3 astronauts DID return to Earth's surface at the same       time! The 5 who had left Mars merely decided to loop around Earth and return       to Mars for the 6th        astronaut!              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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