"I love space robots!" | Eur Ing Dr James P. Howard II “I love space robots!” | Eur Ing Dr James P. Howard II

Dr James P. Howard, II
A Mathematician, a Different Kind of Mathematician, and a Statistician

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"I love space robots!"

Like all good parents, I took the kids to see The Martian this afternoon. It was awesome, but that’s not the point. The first 15 minutes or so are legitimately scary, especially as Mark Watney (Matt Damon) performed an operation on himself. This still doesn’t do it justice, it was kind of graphic.

It's harder to track blood on a red planet
It's harder to track blood on a red planet

Ducky, 3, spent this part of the movie with her head buried in my shoulder. To help her out, I whispered in her ear, the scary parts were over and it was about to get awesome. She whispered back, “Is he going to build a space robot.” And I said, “Yes, that’s exactly what will happen next.”

Then, loud enough for the entire theater, she yelled, “I LOVE SPACE ROBOTS!”

He scienced the shit out of that thing
He scienced the shit out of that thing

All images generously made available by 20th Century Fox.