Rocky
This alien species hails from the planet Erid.
Eridians question
Before joining Project Hail Mary, Grace worked as a teacher for this subject.
The Hail Mary travesl to this nearby star system
What is Tau Ceti?
Why is Rockys ship called the blip A?
"Fist my Bump"
Who is Rocky?
Rocky communicates with Grace using this form of sound waves.
Musical Sonar question
Grace wakes up aboard the Hail Mary with this condition, causing his memory loss.
What is amnesia?
Astrophage reproduces by consuming this source of energy.
What is light? (solar radiation)
What was the first thing Rocky sent to Grace?
a xenonite cylinder of a map of stars connecting tau celtic to erid
"Human beings have a remarkable ability to accept the abnormal and make it normal."
Who is Ryland Grace?
Rocky breathes and lives in this gas lethal to humans.
Ammonia question
How old is Grace in earth years at the end of the book, and how old actually is he?
over 100, actually 53
Rocky and Grace use this chemical compound as their main power source.
What is astrophage?
Astrophage was first discovered by this scientist
Who is Dr Irina Petrova?
"You're a coward and you always have been. You abandoned a proising scientific career because people didn't like a paper you wrote."
Who is Stratt?
Rocky must build this thing in order to survive in a nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere.
pressure and temperature-controlled bubble question
Graces initial goal upon waking is to discover the reason the Sun is losing this.
What is luminosity?
Grace determines that astrophage stroes energy in this form.
What is neutrinos / mass-to-engergy conversion?
what is 11.9 light years?
“Humans spent thousands of years looking up at the stars and wondering what was out there."
Who is Ryland Grace?
The Eridians ships internal atmosphere has roughly this percentage of ammonia by composition
29% question
At the end of the book, Grace lives on this planet.
What is Erid?
Grace and Rocky discover this microorganism as a predator of Astrophage.
What is Taumoeba
This substance protects the Hail Mary from solar radiation.
What is astrophage?
"Seven people died because the control room didn't follow procedure."
Who is Dr. Robert Redell? (Bob)