Project Hail Mary, one of the early hits of the 2026 movie schedule, has been praised for the way both handle the science in the story. It’s not the first time Andy Weir, the author of the book on which it is based, has been lauded for this, and it turns out, he puts a lot of pressure on himself to get the science correct. To motivate himself, he just needs to think about how Neil deGrasse Tyson would react to the story. Weir opened up on Tyson’s podcast, StarTalk, recently, and explained how much pressure Tyson inadvertently puts on him. Here’s what Weir had to say.
