I've been craving optimistic near-future pro-science scifi, especially regarding space exploration.  And this book looks like it has a setting somewhat like that of The Martian, which I loved in book and movie format, both.  But it looks enough different than The Martian not to be a straight-up copy cat, which I appreciate.  So yeah, sign me up! 

 I've been craving optimistic near-future pro-science scifi, especially regarding space exploration.  And this book looks like it has a setting somewhat like that of The Martian, which I loved in book and movie format, both.  But it looks enough different than The Martian not to be a straight-up copy cat, which I appreciate.  So yeah, sign me up!