This was wonderful!

This is such an amazing series you have been writing I love it so so much and really would love to see more from it. Please carry on writing for this story

Wow! What an amazing set of stories. I realize its been a couple years but I hope you will continue this series. Truly great!

Bravo.

Nice stories mate, I have just read all three stories in one big go and I rather enjoyed it. It also help that this is the first martian stories I have read and I found the story to be emotionally enjoyable. I hope to see a new story of the events leading to the rescue of mark. Thanks for the interesting read, here a fav.

Just read all three stories through, having found them on another author's favorite list. You did an amazing job on all the different viewpoints, with the conflicting emotions, politics, and everything else. Just lovely. Thanks for sharing this version of what could have happened.

I love this storyline you've created. I've often wondered what would happen if Mark wasn't discovered until Ares IV. I hope you continue the storyline, as I'm very curious as to how everyone deals with the situation, and how they get him home.

Very good

Thank you for the time and effort to create this alternate storyline. I have often wondered how it would have been if the story had followed Watney's original plan to wait for Aries 4. Well done!

The Cub did win the world series...

Thank you very much for this wonderful story! I hope you will update soon and that we will see Ares IV again! My favorite The Martian story! You are a great author!

It is mind boggling to think that the crew went through five years of grieving Mark's death, and now have to re-analyze every moment of those five years because Mark is alive. I loved seeing Mark's point of view. I think after seeing his crew it might really sink in that this is real. Speaking of points of view, I am really looking forward to Earth's reaction of their smol space child being alive. Thank you for this chapter! I am really looking forward to what you will come up with next :)

Well, I wasn't expecting this chapter. Actually, I was because I was hoping to see what the Ares 3 message to Mark was, but I thought you wouldn't show it until a few more chapters. It was great and I really enjoyed reading this chapter and the rest of the story. I'm really looking forward to reading the next story, which I hope will be out in the next couple of days. However, I will understand if you need a longer time to get your next story out.

Not much to say about this chapter. It was short (which I didn't really care for), sweet, and to the point. I was actually hoping this chapter would be the press conference, but I guess you're planning on showing that in the next story. Plus, it probably would have been confusing if you had showed the press conference first instead of the message to Mark.

This is so heartbreakingly amazing!

*sobs* that was heartwarming