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You thought NASA named a program after a random sci-fi book and not for a Greek god like the Apollo program?



To be fair, a lot of science is named after and even inspired from sci-fi works. The Alcubierre drive comes to mind, which was inspired by Star Trek.

But yeah, Andy Weir is far from a classic in that regard.




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