One of Mzansi’s doctors has been selected to go on a one-way trip to Planet Mars.
Dr Adriana Marais is one of six African candidates set to join the Netherlands’ “One Mars” program that wants to establish a colony on Mars. Speaking on a radio interview with Power FM, she had said that she’d dreamt of going to Mars.
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.
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.
A team of 18 hikers from across Joburg are preparing for an epic challenge as they take on Mount Kilimanjaro in a bid to raise R1 million for the Sandton SPCA from 23 September to 1 October.
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.
Adriana Marais, ’n avontuurlustige waaghals, het die dag wat sy van die one-way missie na Mars gehoor het, besef dat daar geen groter lewensuitdaging vir haar is nie. Sy het dadelik daarmee vrede gemaak dat sy moontlik die aarde vir altyd gaan verlaat.