The Martian Page #9

a deserted planet by farming in my own sh*t.

Yes, it's actually worse than it sounds.

So let's not talk about that ever again.

The other question I get

most frequently is...

"When I was up there,

stranded by myself...

"did I think I was going to die?"

Yes, absolutely.

And that's what you need to know going in

because it's going to happen to you.

This is space. It does not cooperate.

At some point, everything is

going to go south on you.

Everything is going to go south and

you're going to say, "This is it.

"This is how I end."

Now, you can either accept that...

or you can get to work.

That's all it is.

You just begin.

You do the math.

You solve one problem...

then you solve the next one.

And then the next.

And if you solve enough problems,

you get to come home.

All right, questions?

Once Mission Control completes

their pre-flight checks...

we'll begin launch procedures.

The Ares 5 team

will rendezvous with the Hermes...

approximately 48 minutes after launch.

From there, they will have 414 days

of space travel ahead of them.

Have the goals changed

from the previous mission...

to the Ares 5 program?

And what do you hope to achieve

this time around?

Well, no. The goals have always been

the same for the Ares program.

This time, of course, we hope to bring

all the astronauts back at the same time.

-Flight, Guidance check complete.

-Copy, Guidance.

This is Flight.

We are go for launch, on schedule.

Final aerosurface checks are complete...

as everything remains a go

for the launch of the Ares 5.

20 seconds.

Proceeding with the count.

T-minus 10... 9...

Main engine start.

7... 6... 5... 4...

three... two... one.

And liftoff.

As the crew of the Ares 5...

begin the next chapter

of American space exploration.

Pressures look good.

Wow. Good shot.

There you have it. Five years after

the rescue of astronaut Mark Watney...

an Ares 5 is on its way to Mars.

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