Why Movies Like The Martian Are So Important, According To Jessica Chastain

One of the things that the best art does is inspire people. Great stories, even fictional ones, can motivate people to take risks and follow dreams. This is something that Jessica Chastain understands implicitly. She wants young girls to see women as astronauts on film and follow them, turning science fiction into reality â€" and believes that The Martian is a big step for that movement. It's an often repeated statistic that the science and engineering departments of most universities are sev...