- Life on Mars. Sort of.
- The true story of six volunteers picked to live on a fake planet.
- This is a short review for the podcast series The Habitat by Gimlet Media
Show intro
On a remote mountain in Hawaii, there’s a fake planet Mars. Six volunteers are secluded in an imitation Mars habitat where they will work as imitation astronauts for one very real year. The goal: to help NASA understand what life might be like on the red planet—and plan for the day when the dress rehearsals are over, and we blast off for real. Host Lynn Levy has been chronicling this experiment from the moment the crew set foot in their habitat, communicating with them through audio diaries that detail their discoveries, their frustrations, and their evolving and devolving relationships with each other. From those diaries, Gimlet Media has crafted an addictive serialized documentary: the true story of a fake planet.
My opinion
The journalist handed over a recorder to the crew before they started the experiment and were locked away for a year. She gets to ask them questions and then they send the recordings back to her. They talk about the live on Mars, the live in the habitat. And the little things. Such as their rooms. And they talk about what they do. And about what they can’t do.
It’s very nice to get to know the crew members in this loose interview style. They get to talk about what they want and how they want. This way you get to know their personalities but more importantly, how things are playing out in there on this simulated Mars ?
What I Like about it
- It’s about space! Kind of… it gives you an idea of how it could be
- Very “snack-able” episodes, most of them are less than 30 min
- Makes me dream about how it could be
Check it out The Habitat by Gimlet Media
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