Mark Watney

You solve the problem, and then you solve the next problem, and then you solve the next one.

And after you solve enough of them, you get to come home." Well, you know, if Mark Watney doesn't solve the problem and just says, "I'm not gonna do the thing," then he doesn't do the next thing, and he doesn't get to come home.

So it's kind of the same thing.

And eventually, if you don't do these things, 10 years is just gonna go by.

So there's a scene in the movie The Martian where Matt Damon's character, Mark Watney, is stranded on Mars.

And he says, I'm going to have to science the shit out of this.

I love that line.

This research highlights the moon's potential as a natural freezer for preserving evidence of Earth's ancient life.

From space.com, Mars Express Orbiter captures detailed new video of the crater where Mark Watney was stranded in The Martian.

Europe's Mars Express Orbiter has released a stunning new video of Sharapov Crater, one of the planet's largest impact sites, measuring over 285 miles across.

The high-resolution stereo camera captured the crater's ancient water-shaped valleys and layered sediments, revealing a landscape sculpted billions of years ago.

The footage also highlights the crater's pop culture fame as the fictional home of Mark Watney in The Martian.

This imagery enriches scientists' 3D maps of Mars, deepening our understanding of the Red Planet's past climate.

From space.com, on this day in space, Aug 20, 1977, Voyager 2 launches to the outer planets.