For this paper, we will enlist the thesis of Robert Irish’s article, “Engineering Persuasion: Teaching Rhetorical Savvy for Engineering Leadership” of techné and savvy. We will identify, examine, and re-contextualize a few excerpts of the science in Andy Weir’s book, The Martian, and Ridley Scott’s film, and address these moments in a rhetorical response. We will explore the text, as well as the visual and auditory aspects of the movie in our examination.