Watney anotora rover kuti adzorere padyo nePathfinder probe, iyo yakanyarara muna 1997. Achishandisa kamera uye mota yePathfinder, anotanga kutaurirana nePasi, kutanga achishandisa zviratidzo zvakapusa, uyezve kutumira nekugamuchira ASCII mune hexadecimal. NASA inotumira software patch yekubatanidza rover nePathfinder uye kutaurirana kuburikidza nemavara. Watney anotsamwa paanonzwa kuti vashandi havana kuudzwa nezvekupona kwake, uye Sanders asingadi anorega Henderson pakupedzisira avataurire. Mubvunzo: Chii chinokonzera kutsamwa kwakanyanya kwaWatney?
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