NASA feature quite a lot in the book, and that's set to be the case in the movie as well. They're the ones running the mission after all, and there'll be lots of drama centred around their control rooms and offices. Naturally, the film had to get their approval in order to actually use the name, to ensure scientific accuracy. The organisation were reportedly very co-operative with providing any help required, and were consulted to make sure that the science behind the movie was as accurate as it can possibly be. James L. Green, the Director of the Planetary Science Division at NASA, was one of those who collaborated with the filmmakers, and commended their efforts. Author Andy Weir has a background in computer sciences - his mother was an electrical engineer and his father a particle physicist - so ensuring scientific accuracy was of utmost importance to him when writing the novel, and it seems as though Scott, Goddard et al have taken the same approach. You could say they've scienced the sh*t out of it.
NCTJ-qualified journalist. Most definitely not a racing driver. Drink too much tea; eat too much peanut butter; watch too much TV. Sadly only the latter paying off so far.
A mix of wise-old man in a young man's body with a child-like wonder about him and a great otherworldly sensibility.
