Andy Weir & Astrophysicist Discuss 'Project Hail Mary' Science

PROJECT HAIL MARY Author Andy Weir talks in-depth about the Science in the novel and the film with Astophysicist Andy Howell who was a Science Advisor on the novel.

00:00 Interview Preview
00:53 Consulting Astrophysicist Andy Howell
02:06 Amateur Astronomers and Betelgeuse Dimming
02:44 Chosing the Stars and Panspermia
04:10 Exoplanet 40 Aridani AB
05:08 Rocky’s Homeworld and Eridian Evolution
08:11 Is Rocky Silcon or Carbon-based?
08:27 Rocky’s Physiology
09:33 Eridian Echolocation and Astronomy
13:04 Drew Goddard’s Screenplay
13:28 Filming Experience compared to The Martian
15:19 Favorite CGI Shot
15:52 Did Andy Howell Cry?
16:09 Screenplay Improved Upon Novel?
17:29 Coma vs Suspended Animation
17:57 Film’s Missing Science and Antarctica
20:05 The Miracle (and BS) of Astrophage
24:17 Ryland Grace Dumber in the Movie?
25:19 Deleted Scenes
26:16 Improv on Set with Directors
26:50 Artificial Gravity and Ship Redesign
28:27 Debating Spaceship Physics
30:36 Writing with Scientific Constraints
32:24 Launch Window Forcing Grace Aboard
34:18 Simplifying the Science for the Film
34:43 Xenonite and Eridian Materials Technology
38:14 Rocky Too Alien an Alien for the film?
39:13 Project Hail Mary Canonical Universe
40:06 Potential Sequel and Alt Ending