![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If Weir’s latest novel, Artemis, does become a movie (and the film rights were sold even before the book was published this fall), you probably won’t see a similar relationship with NASA, even with the agency’s redirection back to the Moon. While the setting may be different, the central character is familiar. Once the popular book became a film, NASA was eager to provide its expertise and share in the publicity about the movie, comparing the fictional, if realistic, Mars expedition in the movie with NASA’s actual efforts to send people to the Red Planet (see “ The Martian and real Martians”, The Space Review, October 5, 2015). (see “Review: The Martian”, The Space Review, February 17, 2014). That was evident in the The Martian, the Andy Weir novel and later blockbuster movie about an astronaut stranded on Mars living by his wits (and his wisecracks) to stay alive long enough to be rescued. As previously noted here, there is often a close link between science fiction and spaceflight, with each inspiring and influencing the other (see “Review: Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities”, The Space Review, December 11, 2017). ![]()
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