One-way trip into the unknown for SA woman
Some would call Dr Adriana Marais crazy for wanting to be part of what could be a one-way trip to Mars but she believes it is worth the sacrifice.
Dr Adriana Marais answers kids’ questions about life on Mars
Theoretical physicist Dr Adriana Mars is hoping to travel to outer space as part of the Mars One project in the next few years. We invited primary school kids to pick Adriana’s brain about all things science and outer space. Adriana also shared more about the progress of the Mars One bid to send a crew to start a colony on Mars within the next eight years.
Adriana Marais is another day closer to living on Mars
What if you could travel to Mars and start a new life? Well, South African Adriana Marais is another day closer to her one way ticket to Mars.
Innovation on the final frontier: mining asteroids in space
For most, an area much smaller than the surface of the planet Earth is considered home. For many, Earth is their favourite planet – as I once heard an astronaut say at an astrobiology conference. But for those few who feel a curiosity, an affinity and indeed a sense of belonging with that overwhelming majority of what is beyond, Earth is but a pale blue dot in a universe of starstuff waiting to be known, says Adriana Marais.
How tech could help to ‘future-proof Africa’
The SingularityU South Africa Summit seeks to explore how technology could help the African continent to meet future challenges. In physics a singularity is the place where the rules as we know them break down. Nothing of the other side can be known.
Is Mars the next cool holiday destination?
Man’s desire to explore space has created plot lines for science fiction writers for centuries. 50 years ago, the stuff of science fiction started becoming reality with the advances in technology that allowed us to land on the moon. Today, the colonisation of Mars is not only looking like it will become a reality, it’s actively being pursued by some of the brightest minds on Earth.