Picking Nits
Toxic Martian soil, impossible storm force, Watney’s weight loss, the hard-to-follow gravity-assist plan, and surprisingly effective tarp/duct tape
In the discussion (5)
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- Later findings that Martian soil is toxic undermine the potato premise. — Bill Simmons
- Andy Weir acknowledged that Mars’s thin atmosphere makes the opening storm physically impossible. — Bill Simmons
- A body double supplied Watney’s extreme emaciation. — Bill Simmons
- The gravity-assist plan remained hard to follow and seemed oddly undiscovered by everyone else.
- Tarp and duct tape seemed implausibly sufficient for Mars and space.