We believe that precisely because the scene mentions the end of production, it was removed from the final cut of “Lost on Mars”.
Next, Mark Watney (Matt Damon) comments on everyone’s work at NASA, without losing his temper. Watney is also working on equipment that Martinez (Michael Peña) preferred. And in one of the moments, he predicts, unwittingly, that he will teach classes in the future.
For those who have verified the production, this reference has already been well understood.