Space is dangerous. It's what we do here. If you want to play it safe all the time, go join an insurance company.

Problem is (follow me closely here, the science is pretty complicated), if I cut a hole in the Hab, the air won't stay inside anymore.

As with most of life's problems, this one can be solved by a box of pure radiation.

If ruining the only religious icon I have leaves me vulnerable to Martian vampires, I'll have to risk it.

Actually, I was the very lowest ranked member of the crew. I would only be “in command” if I were the only remaining person.”What do you know? I’m in command

How did I end up in this situation? I'm the district sales manager of a napkin factor. Why is my daughter in space?

Turns out even NASA can't improve on duct tape.

I'm so close to Schiaparelli I can taste it. I guess it would taste like sand, mostly, but that's not the point.

It is of course dangerous to set off an explosive device on a spacecraft.

Mars and my own stupidity keep trying to kill me.

I stumbled up the hill back toward the Hab. As I crested the rise, I saw something that made me very happy and something that made me very sad: The Hab was intact (yay!) and the MAV was gone (boo!).

This is not new: people do business with people they like, know and trust. Taking that axiom in to account, would YOU trust YOU?

Don't let your plans or goals become more important than yourself, or the ones you care about! :)

If you're gonna be a failure at least be one at something you enjoy.

Best to live lightly unthinkingly.

Kids need to open up to their parents. And parents should realize that when kids are pushing you away, that's the time to really step in.

Okay, I'm guessing you're gonna give us the bad news first because there's no good news?

I've never seen or heard of a mob sitting down to read a film script.

I simply remix an artist accommodating the way I wish to see this track. Remixing is entirely personal for me, music is entirely personal for me, and it has to be a natural process.

The purpose of life is undoubtedly to know oneself. We cannot do it unless we learn to identify ourselves with all that lives. The sum-total of that life is God.

It's funny how the night that changes your life forever starts out like all the others.