Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Watney anotora rover kuti adzorere Pathfinder probe iri pedyo, iyo yakanyarara muna 1997. Achishandisa kamera yaPathfinder nemotokari, anotanga kutaura nePasi achishandisa zviratidzo zviri nyore, obva atanga kutumira nokugamuchira ASCII iri muhexadecimal. NASA inotumira purogiramu yepurogiramu kuti ibatanidze rover nePathfinder uye kurukurirano kupfurikidza neshoko. Watney anotsamwa paanonzwa kuti vashandi havana kuudzwa nezvekupona kwake, uye Sanders asingadi anobvumira Henderson kuti avazivise.  Mubvunzo: Chii chinokonzera hasha huru dzaWatney?
apo anoziva kuti vashandi vechikepe havana kuudzwa nezvokupona kwake