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Space problems
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headcanon: when mark watney’s logs are released to the public and nasa censors the curses, #letmarkwatneysayfuck is trending on twitter for DAYS
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Surprise! - Mark Watney
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Anonymous asked:
what was the best part of your training
Training was stressful as hell, and we had to live with knowing it might not even amount to anything. It was long hours, hard physical activity, medical tests and training, crazy competition, tricky drills, annoying psych evaluations, and boring procedure training. And we were called AsCans (yeah).
It was awesome. This is a hard question to answer, because for all that it’s a trying job, astronaut training is basically Disney World for space nerds. I remember being really excited for each new drill we practiced, each new piece of equipment or life-size model or simulation we worked with. I remember Beck loving whenever we trained in the Neutral Buoyancy Facility at Johnson. Honestly, it was all so great, and even though there was that impatience to be assigned a crew, it was matched by excitement, for me at least.
So since all of the learning bits were equally cool, I have to say that the best part was getting close to the other people in my astronaut class, and with the Ares 3 crew. Something about stress and pushing yourself mentally and physically alongside a group of people makes you open to forming pretty cool friendships. It’s the times when you crawl out of the NBF at 11pm and just fucking lie on the floor because you’re all exhausted and profoundly wishing for death, and then just let the awful puns fly. It’s going out to a bar after psych days because you all need a drink and an ill-advised lap dance after being psychoanalyzed six ways from Sunday. It’s knowing you’re going to spend a year (…or more) with these people in space, and that’s the coolest thing ever.
Or, it’s supposed to be.
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Did you ever tell Vogel about the whole making-water-from-rocket-fuel thing? I feel like he'd appreciate it. Or call you an idiot.
I kind of haven’t really talked…much about Mars…at all with them. No one’s really asked, so. Hey guys, are you being Gentle with me?
I don’t know how much they know. My logs were publicly released on Earth a few weeks ago, so maybe they got the hot goss from friends at home, or maybe NASA kept them up to date with a weekly serial podcast entitled Crazy Shit Watney’s Doing. I did tell Beck that I heated a bath with the RTG, and that seemed to be news to him. And I’d say his reaction was a good even mix of appreciation and ‘you’re an idiot’.
So… Vogel: I collected a bunch of CO2 from the MAV fuel plant, vented it into the Hab and let the oxygenator do its thing, released some hydrazine over some iridium from the MDV engine, and then just fuckin burned the hydrogen I got out of it. And I only exploded myself like once. Pretty cool, huh?
He’s gonna call me an idiot.
Once, in my childhood, I blew myself up in my backyard when ‘playing with fertilizer.’ The entire incident strikes me as being similar, in both quality of chemistry rig and forethought of the chemist.
And I’m sorry to tell you this, but yes, we’re being Gentle. We all read the logs. We all agreed not to bring it up until you brought it up, but it seems Beck took this to mean “pretend we didn’t read them at all.”
Did you really think that the logs were public and we didn’t read them?
ares3watney
Mm. I suspected it. Nosey Nellies.
I resent the hell out of that ‘forethought’ comment, by the way. I knew full well I was probably gonna die a fiery death. But also, you’re right, I was a dumbass about using the medical O2 tank for air, so maybe I resent myself.
So… Is this how it’s gonna go, then? No talking about anything until I bring it up? Or did I just open the floodgates?
You are right. It was a little casual of me. I feel very bad about it, so I’ll just, uh… go stand in the corner in shame now. On that note, that’s one of the reasons we are being Gentle, and using Kid Gloves. No one wants to say the wrong thing to the guy we left on Mars.
As for ‘bringing it up’ - I, personally, don’t enjoy cornering people, but I can’t say the same for the others.
ares3watney
I don’t want kid gloves. I’m already separated enough from this crew, I don’t need to be handled with a three-foot pole.
Why the fuck are we talking about this on public blogs. I don’t know what I’m doing. Okay, nice talkin’ to ya, bye.
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Deleted Scene from the Extended Edition of The Martian!
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Anonymous asked:
What's your opinion of pineapple on pizza?
I’m strongly against putting anything “healthy” on pizza.
ares3beck
Okay, that’s it. They’re going to have to revoke my medical license because I’m going to fight you on this.
ares3watney
Aaaand we’ve found Beck’s dark side.
ares3beck
Don’t tempt me. You’re weak and you will lose.
ares3watney
I need to FEEL.
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Saturn Above (_The Martian_, NC-17)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Martian, all media types
Rating: NC-17, thoroughly
PairingParticipants: The Ares III Crew/Mark Watney (All right: Melissa Lewis/Rick Martinez/Alex Vogel/Chris Beck/Beth Johanssen/Mark Watney)
Summary: Okay, starting over with what actually happened, which was the most amazing birthday present I’ve ever gotten.
Content Advisory: Vague spoilers for the book/movie. Mostly sex. Lots of sex.
All Thanks To: I know it was @dsudis that I saw someone’s comment that there should be a “Zero-G gang bang with a gooey touch-starved Mark Watney at the center.” I didn’t manage to include the zero-G, but the rest is in there!
Saturn Above on AO3
Source: archiveofourown.org
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notable lines from andy weir’s “the martian”
darling-highness
you left out one of my favourites
the entire book is a literary masterpiece
Love The Martian.
irohgetfreaky
In a creative writing class I took last semester, the author originally gave up writing and his hope of being an author. He began to write a story for his own pleasure and posted each chapter on his own blog as he wrote them. People found it, grew to like it. They would point out mistakes and such and he’d go back and fix them. He finished it on the blog. One person couldn’t access it on his blog at one point, so he made a downloadable pdf version for free. Someone couldn’t download taht, so he made an ebook version of it, but had to put it on amazon so they could get it, but you can’t sell anything on amazon that’s less than $0.99. People started buying it via amazon and it got so popular that he took it to a publishing company. tl;dr Never give up writing, even if it means it’s just a side-hobby for your own pleasure
the author actually worked at the same company as my dad for tech writing stuff. he said that once he made more off the book than he did at work he would leave his job. and he did eventually haha. the company went to see the movie together when it came out. don’t give up on the things you love doing! c:
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Anonymous asked:
Hit me with the best science related joke you have I need something to laugh at
Einstein, Newton, and Pascal are playing hide and seek. Einstein begins counting to ten. Pascal runs and hides. Newton draws a one meter by one meter square on the ground in front of Einstein and stands in the middle of it.
Einstein reaches ten, uncovers his eyes, and exclaims, “Newton, I found you! You’re it!”
Newton replies, “You didn’t find me. You found a Newton over a square meter. You found Pascal!”
(“You little shit!” Pascal shouts from up a tree. He then starts pelting Newton with apples.)
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just finished reading the martian and tbh i while i was reading the book i did not imagine matt damon as mark watney AT ALL. my image of mark watney was like how ikimaru draws jake english mixed with like an indian ryan reynolds (if that even makes sense) and so i doodled a quick sketch of my mark watney because damn it hollywood not everyone is white
Saturn Above (_The Martian_, NC-17)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Martian, all media types
Rating: NC-17, thoroughly
PairingParticipants: The Ares III Crew/Mark Watney (All right: Melissa Lewis/Rick Martinez/Alex Vogel/Chris Beck/Beth Johanssen/Mark Watney)
Summary: Okay, starting over with what actually happened, which was the most amazing birthday present I've ever gotten.
Content Advisory: Vague spoilers for the book/movie. Mostly sex. Lots of sex.
All Thanks To: I know it was @dsudis that I saw someone's comment that there should be a "Zero-G gang bang with a gooey touch-starved Mark Watney at the center." I didn't manage to include the zero-G, but the rest is in there!
Saturn Above on AO3
Source: archiveofourown.org
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Commander, let’s go Iron Man.
Fic for Polyshipping Day: "A Dart of Blue"
Fandom: The Martian (2015/Andy Weir) Rating: Explicit Relationship: Chris Beck/Beth Johanssen/Mark Watney Summary: Beth knows how to stack a threesome. Chapters: 1 Words: 4865 Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/5875240
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LOG ENTRY: MISSION DAY 701
I just learned that Beck has a larger following on his blog than I do?? What the hell is that about?? It’s despicable, disgraceful, discombobulating. I hate it. Yeah, he’s got eyes to get lost in and hair lusher than Thor’s, but! I’m awesome?! This isn’t even about Mars, I’m just personally offended. I can’t believe this.
In happier news, I found a leaf smaller than my pinky nail stuck to the fabric of one of my old blankets (now Beck’s hammock). Ovate shape with a dentate margin and pinnate venation. It must have been stuck to my clothes when we launched two years ago. I love it and I’m keeping it.
So all in all, today pretty much balances out with good and bad.
But I’m still bitter about Beck having more followers than me.
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i think we can all agree on potatoes
somewhere between earth and mars, mark watney is yelling NO WE CAN’T forever. to a disco soundtrack.