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I originally wrote 'The Martian' as a free serial novel, posting one chapter at a time to my website.

~Andy Weir

Topics: Chapter Free Martian Novel Originally Posting Serial Time Website Wrote

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I am not a brave man... I do not have the right stuff. Astronauts are really a cut above.

~Andy Weir

Topics: Above Am Astronauts Brave Brave Man Cut Man Really Right Stuff I Am

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You want an audience. If you didn't, you wouldn't be a writer. The biggest motivation to write is the knowledge that someone will read it.

~Andy Weir

Topics: Audience Biggest Knowledge Motivation Read Someone Want Will Write Writer You

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Don't tell your stories to anyone. You'll be more motivated knowing it's a prerequisite to having an audience.

~Andy Weir

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My father has a great love of science, and he indoctrinated me into it early. I think I was 12 or so when we designed a moon base.

~Andy Weir

Topics: Base Designed Early Father Great Great Love He Love Me Moon Science Think I Think

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There's nothing I would like more than to watch a manned Mars landing.

~Andy Weir

Topics: Landing Like Mars More Nothing Than Watch Would

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I was born too late to experience Apollo 11, though I do trek to Dad's house every time there's some space event. There's something awesome about crossing your fingers and watching a tense Mission Control room do their thing.

~Andy Weir

Topics: About Apollo Awesome Born Control Crossing Dad Event Every Every Time Experience Fingers House Late Mission Room Some Something Space Tense Thing Though Time Too Too Late Trek Watching Your I Was Born

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Research into manned spaceflight is shifting from low-Earth orbit to destinations much further away, like Mars and the asteroid belt. But society will have to invent many new technologies before it can plausibly send people to those distances.

~Andy Weir

Topics: Asteroid Away Before Belt Distances Further Invent Like Many Mars Much New New Technologies Orbit People Research Send Shifting Society Technologies Those Will

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The reason space missions need artificial gravity is clear: humans simply did not evolve to live in zero gravity.

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Topics: Artificial Clear Did Evolve Gravity Humans Live Missions Need Reason Simply Space Zero

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Designing a station with artificial gravity would undoubtedly be a daunting task. Space agencies would have to re-examine many reliable technologies under the light of the new forces these tools would have to endure. Space flight would have to take several steps back before moving forward again.

~Andy Weir

Topics: Again Agencies Artificial Back Before Daunting Designing Endure Flight Forces Forward Gravity Light Many Moving Moving Forward New Reliable Several Space Station Steps Take Task Technologies Tools Undoubtedly Would

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: June 16th, 1972

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