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It describes how you can make water out of hydrazine ... Somehow, "The Martian" strikes a perfect balance between fact and fantasy. The movie comes out on Oct. 2.

Most scientists give props to "The Martian ... in the movie. Watney grows his own food on Mars by planting potato eyes, fertilizing them with human waste, and creating liquid water out of rocket ...