The film ‘The Martin” is doing great at the box office. My wife and I really enjoyed it (we both liked the book as well). Marvelous story-telling and a beautiful rendering of a wondrous new world. I agree, though, with this op-ed: The Martian: Please Don’t Bring Him Home – Greg Autry/Huffington Post. It’s extremely unlikely that humans … Continue reading “The Martian” – reviews, politics, music, RR Martin, and more
“The Martian” – the movie will open nationwide on October 2nd but it had a preview at the Toronto International Film Festival this past week. The initial reviews are very positive: ‘The Martian’ review: Matt Damon, and the movie, are stellar – Mashable.com The Martian reviews: Matt Damon, Ridley Scott film premieres at TIFF 2015 – EW.com … Continue reading Videos: “The Martian” movie getting great reviews
A new trailer has been released for the movie, The Martian, which will be in theaters starting October 2nd: The book was written by Andy Weir. Find interviews with him here and here. See also his entertaining speech at the recent NewSpace 2015 conference.
The The Future And You program focuses on the Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop and includes interviews with Les Johnson (space scientist), Robert G. Kennedy (author, speaker and engineer), Yohon Lo (aerospace and system engineer), Kenneth I. Roy (author and engineer), and Martha Knowles: The Future And You : The Future And You–July 29, 2015 http://traffic.libsyn.com/thefutureandyou/TFAY_2015_7_29.mp3 === Eric Berger the SciGuy has an interesting interview with Andy … Continue reading Interviews: Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop + Andy Weir (“The Martian”)
As mentioned here several times, Andy Weir’s book The Martian is a terrifically readable and scientifically accurate account of an astronaut’s struggles to survive alone on Mars. It will be out as a movie in the fall but you should read it first. Here are beautiful photos of the locations on Mars that the character Mark Watney traversed during his excursions: … Continue reading Photos of where ‘The Martian’ Mark Watney traveled + “Red Planet” miniseries on Mars colonization to debut in 2016