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- Even
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I don't even date; I'm terrible with women.
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Computer programming is pretty much guaranteed income. I'm good at it, and I like it.
- Dynamics
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I study orbital dynamics as a hobby. My idea of a good time is sitting down and drawing on that knowledge to imagine a space mission from beginning to end, getting as many details right as I can.
- Copies
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My first book was so horrible I have deleted all copies of it. Thankfully, it was before the Internet, so there are no lurking caches of it anywhere.
- Free
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I originally wrote 'The Martian' as a free serial novel, posting one chapter at a time to my website.
- I Am
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I am not a brave man... I do not have the right stuff. Astronauts are really a cut above.
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A story in your head isn't a story. It's just a daydream until you actually write it down. So write it down.
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Don't tell your stories to anyone. You'll be more motivated knowing it's a prerequisite to having an audience.
- Good Plan
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A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. Don't wait for an inspired ending to come to mind. Work your way to the ending and see what comes up.
- Me
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My father has a great love of science, and he indoctrinated me into it early. I think I was 12 or so when we designed a moon base.
- Experience
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I was born too late to experience Apollo 11, though I do trek to Dad's house every time there's some space event. There's something awesome about crossing your fingers and watching a tense Mission Control room do their thing.
- Moon
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Back in the days of Apollo, sending humans to the moon was the only viable way to get the scientific data we wanted. But now, with our computer and robotics technology, there's very little an astronaut can do on Mars that a well-designed rover can't.
- New
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Research into manned spaceflight is shifting from low-Earth orbit to destinations much further away, like Mars and the asteroid belt. But society will have to invent many new technologies before it can plausibly send people to those distances.
- Need
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The reason space missions need artificial gravity is clear: humans simply did not evolve to live in zero gravity.
- Moving Forward
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Designing a station with artificial gravity would undoubtedly be a daunting task. Space agencies would have to re-examine many reliable technologies under the light of the new forces these tools would have to endure. Space flight would have to take several steps back before moving forward again.
- Information
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Thanks to our modern era, facts are incredibly easy to come by. A few web searches for your subject matter, and you have all the information you could dream of.
- Good
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Eventually, while researching, you'll learn something you didn't want to know. Some fact that ruins a plotline you had in mind. The good news is that sometimes, learning all the facts can make for a much more interesting story than you originally had in mind.
- Forgive
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the reader is rooting for the protagonist, they'll forgive you just about everything else.
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