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If someone offered me a free trip to the International Space Station, I would decline. I like Earth. I like the internet. I like Diet Coke. I have cats. I write about brave people - I'm not one of the...

Andy Weir

If someone offered me a free trip to the International Space Station, I would decline. I like Earth. I like the internet. I like Diet Coke. I have cats. I write about brave people - I'm not one of the...

Tags: cats, space, internet

Back in the days of Apollo, sending humans to the moon was the only viable way to get the scientific data we wanted. But now, with our computer and robotics technology, there's very little an astronau...

Andy Weir

Back in the days of Apollo, sending humans to the moon was the only viable way to get the scientific data we wanted. But now, with our computer and robotics technology, there's very little an astronau...

Tags: moon, data, mars

About Author
Andrew Taylor Weir (; born June 16, 1972) is an American novelist. His 2011 novel The Martian was adapted into the 2015 film of the same name directed by Ridley Scott. He received the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2016 and his 2021 novel Project Hail Mary was a finalist for the 2022 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

Designing a station with artificial gravity would undoubtedly be a daunting task. Space agencies would have to re-examine many reliable technologies under the light of the new forces these tools would...

Andy Weir

Designing a station with artificial gravity would undoubtedly be a daunting task. Space agencies would have to re-examine many reliable technologies under the light of the new forces these tools would...

Tags: light, moving forward

By my reckoning, I'm about 100 kilometers from Pathfinder. Technically it's called Carl Sagan Memorial Station. But with all due respect to Carl, I can call it whatever the hell I want. I'm the King o...

Andy Weir

By my reckoning, I'm about 100 kilometers from Pathfinder. Technically it's called Carl Sagan Memorial Station. But with all due respect to Carl, I can call it whatever the hell I want. I'm the King o...

Tags: mars, pathfinder

You’re stranded on Mars and you can only take one book with you. What is it? A. It’s always hard to pick one favorite book. Growing up, I loved early Robert Heinlein books most of all. So if I had to...

Andy Weir

You’re stranded on Mars and you can only take one book with you. What is it? A. It’s always hard to pick one favorite book. Growing up, I loved early Robert Heinlein books most of all. So if I had to...