June E. (junie) - reviewed on 11/1/2015 + 630 more book reviews

This is a MUST READ book! Wow, thrilling, breathtaking, unstoppable action made for sleepless nights since I had to see what was going to happen next!

There a lot of NASA technical terminology which is fascinating to me as my son is employed by NASA as a Mechanical Engineer working on space projects for years. He worked on the Hubble until it was scrubbed.

The author describes how one man who was stranded on Mars when his crew thought him dead, plans to try to survive until the next Mars Landing two years later, when hopefully he can be rescued. He will have to travel to the landing site which is 90 days away,

He figured out a way to communicate with NASA who knew he survived since they had the ability to see the Mars landscape and watched as he was working on his survival plans. He was elated to finally speak to someone other than himself! That is until the system broke down and he was on his own again.

He knows he'll run out of food beforehand and since he's also a Botanist, devices a plan to grow potatoes inside his HAB. His ingenuity and skill is inspiring as he struggles with Martian atmosphere, sand storms and large craters which has to be endured as he travels to his destination

You can see I loved this book and can't wait to see the movie with Matt Damon. I'll be the first in line! 5 stars plus for this book.

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