hurrah! 

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 heya Lyr! :D

collaborative writing

finally watched the movie last week, loved it! +10

I did, too! 

I noticed some of the facts that were featured in the book weren't emphasized in the movie (now to remember what they were! *laughs*)

"Mars will come to fear my botany powers."

LOL 

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  yes.. the book has a lot more problem solving than the movie

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Loved that! 

not to mention IronMan

yes

yes.. and he made sure he could iron man.. cause why not 

moneyball is also a good math and stats resource

first math movie i ever saw (kindergarden? 1st grade?)https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_in_Mathmagic_Land

lol

looks like disney's even got in on youtube now, lol ;)

can't play it right now though, because you guys... ;)

deep dean thoughts... 

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yes, math is weird if you really think about it

Fun infographic

like, does math exist in the natural world? or is it all just in our heads? ;D

i'd be carpet bombing fbombs if i were stranded on mars...

great infographic! :D

or as the english might say, do the maths

;)

lol. true.. someone needs to do that infographic.. amount of f-bombs v. time on mars 

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lol

that's a great idea to break them up into project teams! :D

like the engineers trying to solve problems experienced by apollo 13 crew

true you need to have some Vicodin everyone once and a while. 

*every

that's a great insight! wo/man cannot live by bread alone, often there must also be a beverage...

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lol.. was waiting for that reference Jerry 

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listening to you & the slideshare, awesome!

That is so awesome Lyr. 

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yes agreed. Not much zest for getting to orbit anymore.. 

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  Hitting the moon made funders want to be more ambitious. 

i think so too

i think people tend to perk up and pay attention to something bold, "moonshot" challenges

go big or go home ;)

oooo, how about all of those kinds of activities for an escape room?! :D

it invitss us all to be heroic

yup the escape room would be fun 

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sorry, random access brain skippage

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@Lyr, Yep :)

hehe

When Challenger crashed, I was working for the US Space foundation

Heroic Assumptions and Expectations is where it's all at 

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@Chris, Yeah, escape room just another opportunity for framing the exercise; maybe make it more immersive.

and was devested... had intsalled a C Band satellite dish to track it

devestated..

movies and stories like this one renew our hope

the struggle against adversity

Yes.. Challenger was devastating. Really slowed progress and pointed out the need for innovation 

survival! 

I think that point may not be clear to today's generation

Agree. the Martian really made us hope and captured imagination of many 

i remember sitting in biology class when we heard about Challenger, was heartbreaking

why we can't take risks without good reasons

the loss extends beyond loss of life

yes

totally agree, i think many people are hungry to strive towards something meaningful

yes

Love interactive fiction...frankly, I rewrite stories quite often in my mind *laughs*

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LOL.. would be an interesting why to develop a class. Make the class an interactive fiction. 

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*way

interesting to hear what you read in the character's language to suggest male or female :)

Trish is like Get R done now 

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she's just speaking in a manner more conducive to being heard! ;D

That's the down side of freeplay games...wait times

seems like the waiting built into the story/game added to the experience, as Grid shared

when Andy Weir posted his book and sold it for free (at first), I loved how he told of astronauts and scientists contacting him to clarify the science, and he incorporated much of that information in his final release of the book.

manipulation of the experience of time... interesting factor to consider in game design

@Lyr, that's really cool :) so the community helped craft the story

right

That also built a ton of social capital with is readership 

yes, can totally understand that!

yes

that participatory design approach fascinates me

when i'm really enjoying a piece of fiction, i get really invested :)

same here

@Lyr, yes, it's a very acute/defined activity; but i think we do this all the time with our cultural stories

I'm in a writing group that hosts writing sprints most nights... working on finishing several books

yes.. really invested in Neal Stephenson and William Gibson 

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I want my biopunk sd card implants please

yes, Gibson for me too

lol

high tech + low culture :)

Neuromancer

implants plus mandatory mohawk

Loved seeing him on the miniseries Wild Palms, one of my favorites

loved neuromancer

lol.. or a mohawk that is your implants

hadn't seen that one

it's about VR, but naturally fictional

have you ever seen the documentary he's in, No Maps for These Territories?

No I had not seen that one. Jerry

worthwhile... sci fi channel when they were the Dominion, hosted it over 3 nights...3 directors

it's muy bueno!

and held an online event with the directors to discuss their work

awesome... great music, story, and yes

The Expanse on Sci Fi is starting to get close to Gibson-esque sci-fi

James Belushi, Kim Cattral, David Warner and many others...

Netflix has it on dvd, sometimes comes to streaming

yes, digging Expanse too

nice... I bought a set from Amazon

Everything must go...

(one of the episodes)

has Japanese themes and overtones

one quality the Martian brought to the forefront is how the reader can reflect on what to do next...

when the crops are frozen when the Hab blows, I kept wanting him to restart the crops - wasn't sure how many days he had and wondered if he had enough material to do it

@Lyr, will need to check that out :)

@Lyr, that scene with the hab blowout totally shocked me

Agree. I was thinking he would look to restart. I did like that he could just toss is potatoes outside and they would be preserved. 

freeze dried, but still edible. 

Haven't seen that documentary, but made note of it

i thought he'd just start over too

NASA also live streams from the ISS!http://www.ustream.tv/channel/iss-hdev-payload

so awesome :)

an also maintain recordings of the live streams, so this "film" could be used to build story as well :)

having the grit and fortitude to stay strong and persevere in the silence...

hey there was disco

i think NASA streams via the YouTubes as well :)

the movie music was funny...Donna Summer's Hot Stuff

oh yeah, the disco was funny

helped him to keep some sense of psychological connection with his mates

great convo ya'll!!! :D