The Martian

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.

I'm sorry, but you have not thought this through. What are we gonna say? «Dear America... Remember that astronaut we killed and had a really nice funeral for? Turns out he's alive and we
left him on Mars. Our bad. Sincerely, NASA».

The coolest one, though, the coolest one I got... Was from university of Chicago, my Alma mater. They say that once you grow crops somewhere... You've officially colonized it. So, technically... I colonized Mars. In your face, Neil Armstrong.

NASA hates fire. Because of the whole "fire makes everybody die in space" thing. So, everything they sent us up here with is flame-retardant... With the notable
exception of... Martinez's personal items.

— The second we point the satellites at the hab... I broadcast pictures of mark watney's dead body to the world.
— You're afraid of a PR problem?
— Of course I'm afraid of a PR problem. Another mission? Congress won't reimburse us for a paper clip... If I put a dead astronaut on the front page of the Washington post.
— He's not going anywhere, Teddy. I mean, he's not... He's not gonna decompose, you know. He's gonna be up there forever.
— Meteorology estimates that he'll be covered in sand... From normal weather activity within a year.