When will an African visit Mars?
CrowdScience
BBC
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2019
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Crowdscience heads to Africa's biggest science festival for a panel debate in front of a live audience that takes us into space then back down to earth to solve listeners' questions. Marnie Chesterton and Anand Jagatia are joined by aspiring extra-terrestrial, Dr Adriana Marais, who hopes to travel to Mars, along with cosmologist Palesa Nombula and sustainable energy expert Dr Sampson Mamphweli. They all explain how solving challenges on the ground will eventually help us set up home in space.
Producers: Marijke Peters and Mel Brown Presenters: Marnie Chesterton and Anand Jagatia
(Photo: Astronaut walking on Mars. Credit Getty Images)
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| 0:00.0 | Take some time for yourself with soothing classical music from the mindful mix, the Science of |
| 0:07.0 | Happiness Podcast. |
| 0:08.0 | For the last 20 years I've dedicated my career to exploring the science of living a happier more meaningful life and I want |
| 0:14.4 | to share that science with you. |
| 0:16.1 | And just one thing, deep calm with Michael Mosley. |
| 0:19.4 | I want to help you tap in to your hidden relaxation response system and open the door to that |
| 0:25.4 | calmer place within. Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:30.0 | Hello this is Crowd Science from the BBC World Service and this is a crowd. |
| 0:38.0 | Hello, God Science. |
| 0:40.0 | We're recording at the Olive Shriner Memorial Hall in |
| 0:43.7 | MacCanda until recently known as Grahamstown |
| 0:46.5 | as part of Saifest, South Africa's National Science Festival |
| 0:50.3 | and the largest Science Festival I'm told in Africa. |
| 0:53.0 | I'm Marnie Chesterton. |
| 0:55.0 | And I'm Annan Jagatier. |
| 0:57.0 | Now regular listeners to our show will know that crowd science answers questions on everything |
| 1:05.1 | from tiny cells to multiple universes. And with us on stage is a panel of experts whose collective |
| 1:11.2 | brains we are about to pick. |
| 1:13.0 | Hello. |
| 1:14.0 | Hello. |
| 1:15.0 | We're going to try and get through as many science questions as we can. |
| 1:18.0 | Some from our global listeners and some from people in the crowd here in |
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