Science/Tech
Name for Probes aboard the Hail Mary.
Beetles (John, Paul, George, Ringo)
Grace voluntarily joined the Hail Mary voyage.
False (Stratt forced him)
The protagonist who wakes up alone in a spaceship. (Full Name)
Ryland Grace.
Rocky prefers to do this action with no one watching.
Eat
Rocky lacked this physical organ present in humans.
Eyes
Grace was breeding Taumeba to build up resistance to this element.
Nitrogen
Back on earth Grace was a researcher in the field of Science.
False (He was a teacher)
The government-appointed woman in charge of Earth's survival.
Eva Stratt
Rocky can't survive without these atmospheric conditions present on his home planet.
High pressure and ammonia rich.
Name given to this wavelength emitted by astrophage.
Petrova
What mistake did Grace make trying to revive Rocky after the major accident.
Blowing air into his body (The black gunk was actually Rocky's body repairing itself).
Rocky prefers to sleep isolated from others.
False (He asks Grace to watch him while he sleeps.)
The crewmember from China who died before the mission launched.
Yáo
Name of Rocky's species.
Eridians.
After absorbing energy from a star, astrophage are attracted to the signature of this compound.
CO2 (Carbon Dioxide)
Astrophage reproduces on the surface of this planet.
Venus
Of the original three crew picked to board the Hail Mary, countries of origin were Chinese, Russian and German.
False (Chinese, Russian, American)
This crew member was supposed to be aboard the ship, but died suddenly 9 days before.
DuBois.
Rocky's role aboard his ship.
Engineer.
Just days before leaving, how does DuBois die.
Testing of the malfunction of the astrophage generator. He received a much larger sample of astrophage than expected, resulting in an explosion.
Near the end of the novel, what led to the depletion of fuel reserves in Rocky's ship.
The evolved Taumoeba learned to to pass through Xenonite and consumed the Astrophage reserves.
Grace opts not to return to earth as he will age too greatly by the time he reaches home.
False (He does not know if earth is habitable / He recounts that he has friends on the alien planet)
Rockys Wife.
Adrian.
Rocky's crew died by this. (Must also explain how Rocky lived)
Radiation poisoning. Sheltered by Astrophage in the engines of the ship.
Grace asks this question to his "students" at the very end of the book.
"Who here can tell me the speed of light?"