One thing I have in abundance here are bags. They're not much different than kitchen trash bags, though I'm sure they cost $50,000 because of NASA.
Mars is not Earth. It doesn't have a thick atmosphere to bend light and carry particles that reflect light around corners. It's damn near a vacuum here. Once the sun isn't visible, I'm in the dark. Ph...
Hey,” Watney said over the radio, “I've got an idea.”“Of course you do,” Lewis said. “What do you got?”“I could find something sharp in here and poke a hole in the glove of my EVA suit. I could use th...
It is of course dangerous to set off an explosive device on a spacecraft.
I'm so close to Schiaparelli I can taste it. I guess it would taste like sand, mostly, but that's not the point.
How did I end up in this situation? I'm the district sales manager of a napkin factor. Why is my daughter in space?