Timeline for The Martian – what happened to all the video log recordings?
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| Dec 15, 2016 at 20:06 | comment | added | Santa | Well, the question is about video logs. But even with just text, I assume there would be other stuff – like raw data dumps from every system. Also invaluable. | |
| Dec 15, 2016 at 19:22 | comment | added | Gallifreyan | @Santa - I'm talking about the book. As they are portrayed in the book, they are not the type of reading NASA would appreciate. Mark doesn't share that much feelings; he rather uses his sarcasm. | |
| Dec 15, 2016 at 19:15 | comment | added | Santa | I disagree about logs being insignificant. Just the recordings of a human living in a Mars habitat for a year and a half would be invaluable to NASA. They could study his behaviour and physiology in a much more objective manner than mere interviews could provide. It was an unscheduled, first of its kind experiment in long-term Mars settlement, and it wouldn't be repeated anytime soon. NASA would kill for that data. | |
| Dec 15, 2016 at 11:12 | comment | added | user71418 | @Edlothiad - Saw that, re-read the end of the book, I find no mention of this. I guess Andy could have intended this as an "off-screen" action though. | |
| Dec 15, 2016 at 11:11 | comment | added | Edlothiad | @Pᴇᴛᴇ, if you look at my answer below, I suggested that to Andy Weir, and he says Mark uploaded his logs to Earth via the Ares IV MAV | |
| Dec 15, 2016 at 7:30 | comment | added | user71418 | I agree with this. I get the idea that Watney would have left the logs with whatever recording device he used (either in the Hab or the Rover) for members of the next mission to retrieve (if retrieval was part of the mission brief). He was pretty intent on surviving, so figured that he'd remember much of what he experienced to pass on to others (and typing stuff is a good aid for the memory as well as being a sanity crutch). | |
| Dec 15, 2016 at 5:56 | history | edited | Gallifreyan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 15, 2016 at 5:33 | history | answered | Gallifreyan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |