It’s because the ship wasn’t made to withstand the level of gravity on Adrian. It would have taken longer to leave the atmosphere had they been lower in the planet. The ship would have been crushed. Adrian is a gas giant just like Venus is. Also The Taumoeba only lived in a specific atmospheric band where the temperature and pressure allowed them to breed.

Reading The Martian after reading and watching Project Hail Mary

I’ve heard of a lot of scientists using the dark web just to access research articles “illegally” lol

My 4 year old is autistic and his special interest is space. We read a fun kids book about neutrinos the other day and he started asking me questions like “where do they come from”. Idk bro, I only have an arts degree. I wish he would ask easier questions ! I’m not a theoretical physicist