Surviving on Mars, with Andy Weir

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🗓️ 2 December 2016

⏱️ 49 minutes

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What does it really take to survive on Mars? Neil Tyson interviews Andy Weir, author of “The Martian,” NASA/JPL engineer Adam Steltzner, NASA Planetary Science Director Dr. Jim Green, Sheyna Gifford, co-host Matt Kirshen, Chuck Nice, and Bill Nye. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can listen to this entire episode commercial-free. Find out more at https://www.startalkradio.net/startalk-all-access/

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:09.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:23.0	Welcome to the Hall of the Universe
0:26.0	of the American Museum of Maths and History.
0:28.0	I'm your host, Neil deGrasse Tyson, for a Star Talk.
0:32.0	Tonight, we're talking about surviving on Mars,
0:35.0	feature my interview with bestselling novelist Andy Weir,
0:39.0	who wrote the story, The Martian.
0:41.0	So let's do this.
0:47.0	So I've got with me as my brand new co-host.
0:50.0	I'm on it.
0:51.0	Matt Kirshen.
0:52.0	Welcome.
0:53.0	Thank you.
0:54.0	The first time?
0:55.0	Yeah.
0:56.0	You're a comedian from the UK.
0:58.0	I am, yes.
0:59.0	And you also have a popular podcast called Probably Science.
1:02.0	Thank you.
1:03.0	I love comedians who think about science.
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