‘The Martian’ Trailer Receives Great Reviews And Praise From NASA

A second trailer was released for Matt Damon’s upcoming film The Martian on Wednesday. On social media, viewers and critics reacted with two thumbs way up.

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The film, directed by Ridley Scott, is based off the adaptation of Andy Weir’s book.

The story follows Mark Watney, whose colleagues abandoned him on Mars after concluding that he died in a storm. Watney, the “self-proclaimed best botanist on Mars,” must stretch 60 days’ worth of supplies into enough for four years, when a new crew is expected to arrive. With no way to contact NASA or his crew, he makes a GoPro camera his companion and starts to communicate with people on Earth.

Jim Green, NASA director of planetary science, tells the Los Angeles Times he couldn’t be more excited about the film’s release. Green says that in spite of lots of Hollywood drama, the film is true to the science, technology and human cooperation necessary “to overcome major challenges” in space.

He says the film could also act as great publicity for hoped-for manned missions to Mars.

The Martian hits theaters Oct. 2.