The Habitat

Published by Gimlet Media

Original release: —

Episode count: 8

Total play time (minutes): 233

Description:
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.

Tags: Science, Society and Culture, Space

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Episodes

  1. This Is the Way Up (27 min)
  2. Every Day Goes By Faster and Faster (28 min)
  3. Why Are We Like This? (27 min)
  4. She Likes to Camp Alone in the Finnish Winter (29 min)
  5. Tortilla! (30 min)
  6. I Feel Like A Million Dollars (29 min)
  7. And Now I Can See Everything (32 min)
  8. Bonus: This Is Not My First Rodeo (33 min)

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