First, a quick mostly spoiler-free tidbit about The Martian for folks who don’t know: It’s about an astronaut stranded on Mars who has to find a way to grow his own food to survive until he can be rescued. Since Mars is an arid planet where, as Watney puts it, “nothing grows,” he must “science the poop” out of his circumstances to make water and grow a crop.
Yestgerday, however, NASA announced that new evidence shows actual liquid water might be present on the Red Planet. Whoops!
The social media team for The Martian quickly responded to the news today with the this tweet and video, which cuts together the announcement from NASA’s planetary science head, Jim Green, with Watney/Matt Damon’s wry “Surprise!” from the film. It was a fun, smart reaction. But does today’s news blow The Martian’s plot, well, out of the water?
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