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LOG ENTRY: SOL 6

I’m pretty much fucked

That’s my considered opinion

Fucked

Six days in to what should be a greatest two htmare

I don’t even knoho’ll read this I guess someone will find it eventually Maybe a hundred years from now

For the record… I didn’t die on Sol 6 Certainly the rest of the crew thought I did, and I can’t bla for e will say “Mark Watney is the only hu to have died on Mars”

And it’ll be right, probably Cause I’ll surely die here Just not on Sol 6 when everyone thinks I did

Let’s see… where do I begin?

The Ares progra out to Mars to send people to another planet for the very first time and expand the horizons of hu and caot the parades and fame and love of the world

Ares 2 did the saot a firot home

Ares 3 Well That was my e I was just one of her crew Actually, I was the very lowest ranked member of the creould only be “in co person

What do you know? I’m in command

I wonder if this log will be recovered before the rest of the crew die of old age? I presuuys, if you’re reading this: It wasn’t your fault You did what you had to do In your position I would have done the salad you survived

I guess I should explain how Mars ot to earth orbit the norh an ordinary ship to Heret to and fro and cost a lot so NASA only built one

Once we got to Herht us fuel and supplies while we prepared for our trip Once everything was a go, we set out for Mars But not very fast Gone are the days of heavy chemical fuel burns and trans-Mars injection orbits

Heron out the back of the ship really fast to get a tiny a is, it doesn't take on (and a nuclear reactor to power things) let us accelerate constantly the whole way there You'd be a with a tiny acceleration over a long time

I could regale you with tales of hoe had great fun on the trip, but I won’t We did have fun, but I don’t feel like reliving it right nowSuffice it to say we got to Mars 124 days later without strangling each other