I think it was meant satirically

So my cousin is an astronaut and was the NASA consultant for The Martian. He is now friends with Matt Damon. I watched this press conference for the movie that my cousin participated in, and Damon is so humble and says how we really need to applaud NASA, not actors. I thought it was pretty neat!

Wut.

I don’t understand why ANYONE would 4000 cash around with them...