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Now, we don't say that's

the purpose of the mission...

but we make it clear that

that would be a part of it.

We frame it that way.

More support from Congress.

But not if we wait a year.

We wait a year, nobody gives a sh*t.

Vincent Kapoor?

6-2.

7-6-2.

Acidalia Planitia.

What?

Hi. Security?

This is Mindy Park in SatCon.

I need the emergency contact

for Vincent Kapoor.

Yes, him.

Yes, it's an emergency!

How sure?

100%.

You've got to be shitting me.

Prove it to me.

For a start...

the solar panels have been cleaned.

They could have been cleaned by wind.

Back it up. Look at Rover 2.

According to the logs, Commander Lewis

took it out on Sol 17...

plugged it into the Hab to recharge.

It's been moved.

She could have forgotten

to log the move.

No, not likely.

Why don't we just ask Lewis?

Let's get on CAPCOM

and ask her directly right now.

No. No.

If Watney is really alive,

we don't want the Ares 3 crew to know.

How can you not tell them?

They have another 10 months

on their trip home.

Space travel is dangerous.

They need to be alert and undistracted.

But they already think he's dead.

And they'd be devastated to find out

they left him there alive.

I'm sorry,

but you have not thought this through.

What are we gonna say?

"Dear America...

"remember that astronaut

we killed and had a really nice funeral for?

"Turns out he's alive and we left him

on Mars. Our bad.

"Sincerely, NASA."

Do you realize the shitstorm

that is about to hit us?

How are we going to handle the public?

Legally, we have 24 hours

to release these pictures.

We release a statement with them.

We don't want people

working it out on their own.

Yes, sir.

But if my math is right, he's going to starve

to death long before we can help him.

Can you imagine

what he's going through up there?

He's 50 million miles away from home.

He thinks he's totally alone.

He thinks we gave up on him.

What does that do

to a man, psychologically?

What the hell is he thinking right now?

I'm definitely gonna die up here...

if I have to listen to any more

god-awful disco music.

My God, Commander Lewis, couldn't you

have packed anything from this century?

Turn the beat around

No, I am not gonna "turn the beat around."

I refuse to.

Mr. Sanders? Mr. Sanders?

What attempts have been made

to make contact with Mark Watney?

We're working on it.

Does he have enough supplies to survive?

We'll be looking into that.

What does this say about the agency?

Are you gonna resign?

No.

Director Sanders!

It's time to start thinking long term.

The next NASA mission is Ares 4...

and it's supposed to land

at Schiaparelli Crater...

3,200 kilometers away.

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