{"id":16080,"date":"2015-09-08T23:00:44","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/station-crew-recommends-the-martian-in-plug-from-space\/"},"modified":"2015-09-08T23:00:44","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T15:00:44","slug":"station-crew-recommends-the-martian-in-plug-from-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/station-crew-recommends-the-martian-in-plug-from-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Station crew recommends \u201cThe Martian\u201d in plug from space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STORY WRITTEN FOR&nbsp;CBS NEWS&nbsp;&amp; USED WITH PERMISSION<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dt6PRjH0T2A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Space station astronaut Kjell Lindgren said Tuesday he and commander Scott Kelly are big fans of Andy Weir\u2019s book \u201cThe Martian,\u201d adding they\u2019re hopeful NASA will beam up a copy of the Ridley Scott movie as soon as it\u2019s released.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with reporters during an orbital news conference, Lindgren said he and Kelly were able to chat with Matt Damon, star of \u201cThe Martian,\u201d when the actor recently visited NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was a lot of fun,\u201d Lindgren said. \u201cWe heard that Matt was touring JPL at the time and so we took the opportunity to call down. That was a neat conversation. It was certainly fun for us, and from the picture we saw of him at JPL, it looked like he was having fun as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s neat to think about the trip we\u2019re going to have to Mars (someday),\u201d Lindgren added. \u201cI really enjoyed the book, and I\u2019m looking forward to the movie. We\u2019re hopeful that we\u2019ll get a copy up here either on the day or release or soon thereafter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Martian\u201d tells the story of an American astronaut \u2014 Damon\u2019s character \u2014 stranded on the red planet and his struggles to survive until a rescue can be attempted. In an earlier NASA interview, Damon said he was fascinated by the premise and the heroism of the men and women who explore space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all about pushing that envelope, to further our kind of human experience and, you know, the survival of the species,\u201d he said from JPL\u2019s flight control center. \u201cIt\u2019s dependent upon someday getting off of this planet and going out. And we\u2019re in the kind of infancy of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko are midway through a nearly yearlong stay aboard the station, but Kelly said other than the duration, his flight doesn\u2019t have much in common with an actual Mars voyage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think for the folks who go to Mars, especially the first time, that\u2019s going to be such an incredible destination and event that they\u2019re going to be really psyched up for getting there,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cI\u2019m not saying I\u2019m not psyched up for the rest of this flight (but) in some ways, almost being halfway through, a lot of what we\u2019re going to be doing is very similar to what we\u2019ve already done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelly and Kornienko were launched to the space station last March 27, accompanied by Soyuz commander Gennady Padalka. Kelly and Kornienko plan to return to Earth next March, but Padalka plans to fly home Friday to close out a 168-day stay in space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that obviously wouldn\u2019t happen on Mars,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cThat makes it a little bit different with people coming and going. So I think it\u2019s hard to compare the two experiences. But man, I\u2019m excited by the folks who get to go to Mars someday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Email the author.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STORY WRITTEN FOR&nbsp;CBS NEWS&nbsp;&amp; USED WITH PERMISSION Space station astronaut Kjell Lindgren said Tuesday he and commander Scott Kelly are big fans of Andy Weir\u2019s book \u201cThe Martian,\u201d adding they\u2019re hopeful NASA will beam up a copy of the Ridley Scott movie as soon as it\u2019s released. 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