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Hey,_ Watney said over the radio, __'ve got an idea.___f course you do,_ Lewis said. __hat do you got?___ could find something sharp in here and poke a hole in the glove of my EVA suit. I could use the escaping air as a thruster and fly my way to you. The source of thrust would be on my arm, so I'd be able to direct it pretty easily.___ow does he come up with this shit?_ Martinez interjected.__mm,_ Lewis said. __ould you get 42 meters per second that way?___o idea,_ Watney said.__ can't see you having any control if you did that,_ Lewis said. __ou'd be eyeballing the intercept and using a thrust vector you can barely control.___ admit it's fatally dangerous,_ Watney said. __ut consider this: I'd get to fly around like Iron Man.___e'll keep working on ideas,_ Lewis said.__ron Man, Commander. Iron Man.
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Hey,_ Watney said over the radio, __'ve got an idea.___f course you do,_ Lewis said. __hat do you got?___ could find something sharp in here and poke a hole in the glove of my EVA suit. I could use the escaping air as a thruster and fly my way to you. The source of thrust would be on my arm, so I'd be able to direct it pretty easily.___ow does he come up with this shit?_ Martinez interjected.__mm,_ Lewis said. __ould you get 42 meters per second that way?___o idea,_ Watney said.__ can't see you having any control if you did that,_ Lewis said. __ou'd be eyeballing the intercept and using a thrust vector you can barely control.___ admit it's fatally dangerous,_ Watney said. __ut consider this: I'd get to fly around like Iron Man.___e'll keep working on ideas,_ Lewis said.__ron Man, Commander. Iron Man.
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