In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Adriana Marais, the founder of ProudlyHuman. She is pioneering new frontiers in research and technology for a resilient future resilient future on Earth, Mars and beyond. She has recently visited the Antarctic interior and the Oman desert on location scouts for Proudly Human’s Off-World Project.
Adriana is a Director at the Foundation for Space Development, an initiative of which is Africa2Moon, Africa’s first mission to the Moon, to inspire the youth of developing nations, in particular, Africa, to “Reach for the Stars” through education and science. She is also a member of the South African DHET Ministerial Task Team on the 4th Industrial Revolution, Faculty at the SingularityUniversity and Duke Corporate Education, and an astronaut candidate with the Mars One Project.
In this episode we talk through:
Her Journey through her studies and what inspired her to keep on learning
The birth and work of Proudly Human, the OffWorld Project and Life on Mars
Our Future in Technology and Science in South Africa and the approach we need to take
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