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The only incentive people have to change is, fear. Fear of the unknown is the basic resistance we put ourselves through every time we hesitate to live freely, to live beyond boundaries but not for 32 year old Theoretical Physicist, Adriana Marais. “The allure of the unknown to me has always felt more powerful than the comfort of the known”, At this year’s annual FNB PCB Luncheon held at the Royal Agricultural Showgrounds on 5 August 2016, women from across the city were addressed by the Phenomenal Mars One candidate Adriana Marais. She captivated the crowd with her astounding knowledge in Quantum Biology and mesmerising inspiration to place herself among a group of fellow enthusiasts to find a meaning of life on Earth and answer the greatest scientific question of all time, “What is life?” Still among us and a lot closer to home then many could imagine is this fun, ambitious young lady! Adriana was born in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal to a family of
optimists. She matriculated at St John’s Diocesan High School with 7 distinctions moving on to The University of Cape Town where she pursued a degree in Theoretical physics and philosophy. She completed with MSc SUMMA CUM LAUDE in Quantum cryptography at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and was then awarded her PhD in Quantum biology at the same institute this year. She is a member of the Quantum Research Group established by Prof. Francesco Petruccione at UKZN. Adriana received the LÓreal –UNESCO regional fellowship award as well as the Best PhD Biophysics Talk at the South African Institute of Physics Conference. She also received the Royal Society of South Africa’s’ Meiring Naude Medal for a young researcher – for a fundamentally important high impact research in her destined field of Quantum Biology. Even with these astounding titles, Marais is not done yet!
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In any scientific project there are always a number of tests and evaluations we seek to discover the pros and cons before we derive at a conclusion of whether or not the project is viable. According to her, in this project there are Adriana says having decided as a child to a number of challenges which need to be become an astronaut; she planned to study accomplished before the candidates leave and Astrophysics or Aeronautical Engineering but at once they set foot onto Mars. “We need to the time became drawn to Quantum Mechanics ensure our landing gear can deal with heavy and was eventually led into research aimed to payload and lack of pressure in the thin Martian answering the question, “What is life?” With a atmosphere. Ensuring the internet availability at strong and encouraging family unit Adriana is the speed of light from Mars to Earth, that is currently fulfilling this question on her journey to approximately 3-21 minutes to reach Earth. Mars. She explains, “People are intimidated by Mainly we need to ensure the success of science but science is simply a framework that remotely controlled Rovers which need to find we have developed in trying to answer all the water, test air and build our domes. According to questions we have about the reality in which we the curiosity rover we should be able to extract find ourselves. Nothing more, nothing less”. water from the surface soil around 2%,” she says. What about the money people have asked The Mars One Project is a non-profit – well the project is estimated at 6 Billion US organisation founded by Bas Lansdorp and Arno Dollars that will be privately funded and mostly Wielders. The objective of this project is to by a reality TV show. The show will give us the establish the first and permanent human colony opportunity to see and educate ourselves as to She is a firm believer in a balanced life. She works hard and concentrates fully on the task at on Mars by 2026. Candidates will undergo 10 what the candidates encounter and experience years of fulltime training to equip them with hand to ensure that she always performs at throughout their journey – keep an eye out for self-sufficient, multi-taskers who can repair their the advert and preview of what to expect on nothing but her best! With her busy career she own equipment, be ready for their own medical finds time to relax, exercise and enjoy nature. Channel 181, National Geographic’s, DSTV. She loves spending her time eating, drinking and interventions, and establish successful crop socialising with friends. Not forgetting, she loves cultivation and those with vast resources to find, Adriana aspires to be the most improbable sleeping too! Adriana says, I believe that a calm understand and carry out their own geological human that she can be. She believes that and exobiological research. It will take seven mind is essential to performing well in both leaving Earth is necessary for the long-term months to get there and astronauts will travel in professional and personal environments, and survival of our species. Also that by surviving the also to be alert enough to identify and make use batches of fours. “18 out of 43 missions to mars relatively hostile environment on Mars will lead to have been successful but humans have never of opportunities as they present themselves.” new technologies that will help us on Earth – to been to Mars and nothing has ever returned, tackle climate change, poor resource “Says Adriana. Adriana believes education is a privilege that management and the poverty in which so many comes with the responsibility to share of us live. Life on Mars will not be your average 9 The fiercely passionate and brave Mars One knowledge. She is involved in a promotion of to 5 – candidates will be working around the candidate is preparing to embark on the journey clock to ensure that we have a plan B, that we science and space exploration as a Special project Coordinator for the Foundation for Space of a lifetime and is content with never returning as humans have accomplished something more home. “Finding evidence of life on another Development South Africa, an exciting initiative than life itself. Life on Mars we will be the most of which is the Africa2Moon project. She is also planet would be the most profound scientific precious and rewarding token to all those discovery possible, understanding who we are, very passionate about promoting science to involved by sacrificing their time and lives to people of all ages in South Africa and around the where we come from and where we are going. I recreate a functioning, living organism. “I hope am prepared to give up my life on Earth for the world. Her aim is to get more people excited this influences the way people think. And if I can unprecedented contribution I would be able to about science, to believe in their dreams and encourage people to do what makes them make to the sum of human knowledge from a remembering Nelson Mandela’s words, “It human: to question and to dream, then my job new world.” always seems impossible until it’s done”. here on Earth or beyond will be done,” states Adriana is raising funds through public speaking Adriana.
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