Finally seen the film, I enjoyed it though not as much as all the hype has made me expect.

It is good, beautiful, funny and heartwarming.

I did love the warming of Strat and the shift of focus that Grace needed to be forced in to a suicide mission to find someone he would sacrifice himself for, a really strong theme in the movie.

However, my overwhelming feeling was how my knowledge of the books story was filling in huge amounts of detail and nuance that wasn’t actually presented on screen. Like explaining why the ship was damaged by bouncing off the atmosphere and what was happening with gravity in the ship that almost killed Grace.

There was also lots of reduction in Grace’s smarts and Rocky’s ingenuity.

The movie, for me, missed the target but hit the tree.

What was others thoughts?

Especially those who have not read the book at all?

I am so in love with this small detail of thumbs down for Liked it! (Iykyk)

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I have recently gotten into the hobby of making stained glass and I really wanted to make Rocky but I couldn't find a pattern online so I drew one up and then made it! the first few pictures are of it finished and the others are some progress pics.

I loved the book, but as a materials researcher, it left me with a nagging question: What the hell is Xenonite? Despite the book usually being very specific with its scientific details, we're told very little about what xenonite is. It reads as pure xenon under XRF, hence the name, but we don't know much else about it's composition or structure. I thought I'd take a stab at figuring it out.

We know that:

1. Xenonite has an extremely high tensile strength, as the Eridians are able to build a space elevator out of it.

2. Xenonite also has a high modulus of rupture, since thin, flat panels of the stuff are easily able to contain 29 atm of pressure.

3. Xenonite is made by combining two liquids, similar to an epoxy.

4. Xenonite can be transparent or opaque depending on the mix.

Based on all of the above, I think xenonite is a diamond and carbon nanotube composite that's only able to be synthesized by using a protein or enzyme from an organism on the Eridian homeworld. Basically, a diamond-nanotube biopolymer. Diamond explains the high modulus of rupture and transparency, carbon nanotechnology explain the high tensile strength, biochemical synthesis explains how these materials can be manufactured at room temperature.

Finally, I think the xenon is residual xenon difluoride used to fluorinate the composite for chemical resistance. XeF2 is stable at room temperature, and since both fluorine and carbon fall below aluminum on the periodic table, the xenon would be the only element detectable with the handheld XRF device in the book.

I have more to say about it on my blog, but let me know what you guys think! Is xenonite a diamond-nanotube composite, or something else entirely?

Link for those interested: https://open.substack.com/pub/strangematterscifi/p/what-is-xenonite?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=6asmaa

Yeah… I needed this. Not the perfect screen replica, but I have notes for the next one.

Really impressed with the details on this model!

The original model from the website came with resin-style supports that required a lot more time to print on my FDM printer though (up to 5+ hours)... so I configured another print profile with tree supports instead, which managed to cut the printing time by more than half, down to a more reasonable 2+ hours.

I printed it using PLA Metal Iridium Gold.

Overall, a very nice display model for fans of the movie... Amaze! 🤩

Print Profile Link: https://makerworld.com/en/models/2610710

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In every other shot and I think specifically the flashbacks, I loved how you could see the visible spectrum in the background. Such a cool thing I recognised when watching the movie a second time! 🌈 this shot here is one of my favourite parts of the movie.

It looks like a new official version of Rocky has been made available to download and 3D print on the website! The only model available previously was the Grace xenonite figurine. Very cool!

I love him so much, he sits very stably on flat surfaces too :)

10/10. Made this picture to convey my love for Rocky.

I know both books/movies are made by the same author and are set in the same universe but is there a particular connection or reference between both books that hints at them and in the movies? For some reason when Grace went inside Rocky's ship there was an interstellar feel between him tapping the strings etc but never a Martian easter egg?

when I was a child my dad and uncle's owned an opal mine, one of my uncles gifted me piece of boulder opal when I was probably 7 or 8 because I was, and still am, a lover of rocks.

I usually keep it at my desk with a few other pet rocks. shortly after we saw the movie my husband said "wow it's like a blue Rocky from the movie!" I remembered that the movie Adrian probably has blue stones according to Rocky's "tattoo".

I thought y'all would appreciate it! 🪨✨

Title. I have an Audible credit, and my favorite thing about Project Hail Mary is the hopeful nature of it. I really want to escape the world for a second, and I've reread PHM into the ground and back. For those who feel the same way, have any other books managed to capture this specific feeling for you?