Saw on Youtube later that how the novel that this movie was based upon came about was even more inspiring. Writer Andy Weir is a computer programming who is fascinated with space travel since young. He decided that he would write a book about landing human on Mars as he felt that the technology today is very close to achieving that. He tried to keep the technology described in the book as close to reality as possible. You know what, at first he post his ebook on his blog for free! It became popular and that's why he sold his ebook on Amazon but only for a paltry price (something like $0.99?!). Andy definitely did not write this book for the money. Salute!
Oct 16, 2015
The Martian: The Story Behind
Caught "The Martian" yesterday. Great show! I have always enjoyed shows that bring me to another realm. Not the fictional kind like "Lord of the Rings" but something that is more factual. Like in this case, Mars is real, astronauts are real. It's that "Come on, is that even possible??!" feeling...
Saw on Youtube later that how the novel that this movie was based upon came about was even more inspiring. Writer Andy Weir is a computer programming who is fascinated with space travel since young. He decided that he would write a book about landing human on Mars as he felt that the technology today is very close to achieving that. He tried to keep the technology described in the book as close to reality as possible. You know what, at first he post his ebook on his blog for free! It became popular and that's why he sold his ebook on Amazon but only for a paltry price (something like $0.99?!). Andy definitely did not write this book for the money. Salute!
Saw on Youtube later that how the novel that this movie was based upon came about was even more inspiring. Writer Andy Weir is a computer programming who is fascinated with space travel since young. He decided that he would write a book about landing human on Mars as he felt that the technology today is very close to achieving that. He tried to keep the technology described in the book as close to reality as possible. You know what, at first he post his ebook on his blog for free! It became popular and that's why he sold his ebook on Amazon but only for a paltry price (something like $0.99?!). Andy definitely did not write this book for the money. Salute!
