140 million miles away never felt closer.
Stories from the edge of possibility, from the people preparing to call Mars home.
Dr. Adriana Marais
Dr. Adriana Marais is a theoretical physicist, astrobiologist, explorer, and the visionary mind behind Proudly Human’s Off-World Project, a series of extreme enivornment off-grid habitation experiments designed to prepare humanity for life on the Moon, Mars, and beyond. In this episode, Joe talks with Adriana about resilience, Africa’s upcoming lunar mission, the origins of life, and what it really takes to build thriving communities beyond our home planet.
From dreamers to doers — here are their stories.
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038 - Keisha Schahaff
Antigua & Barbuda
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037 - Dr. Shawna Pandya
Canada
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036 - Sahda Haroon
Sri Lanka/UAE
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035 - Ilia-Daniel Gashinbaki
Nigeria
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034 - James Spicer
UK
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033 - Matthew Montgomery
USA
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032 - Dianne McGrath
Australia
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031 - Alejandro Perez
USA
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