How does being off Earth impact the concept of self?


Inspired by the Shoah Project and early measurements of sea surface temperatures to track climate change, this project seeks to develop and validate a tool that measures one’s “sense of self”. This indicator will track the transformation of one’s self-perception during off-world experiences. Video interviews will be produced documenting individuals’ sense of self assessments with the goal of launching an archive of evolving self-perceptions in off-world environments.

Key accomplishments

  • Coming Soon

Team members

Team leads: 

Kari Love

Inga Popovaite

Funding years:

2024-2025

Kari Love

New York University

Project Management Co-Lead

Dr. Inga Popovaitė

Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania

Social Science Co-lead

Dr. Virginia Kwan

ASU

Psychology Advisor

Mary-Jane Rubenstein

Project co-lead

Jose Acain

Astroforge

Advisor

Jordana Blacksberg

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Advisor

Hiro Ono

PI, EELS | roboticist at NASA JPL | MARS 2024 presenter

Sara Walker

ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration

Astrobiology

Tracy Drain

Flight Systems Engineer, Jet Propulsion Labortory

Tracy Drain has over 20-years of experience, and has helped to develop, test and operate a variety of robotic spacecraft to explore our Solar System. A life-long learner, she loves encouraging people of all ages to nurture their curiosity and to explore the wonders that science and technology make available to us.

Linda Elkins-Tanton

Vice President

Lindy Elkins-Tanton is the vice president of the Interplanetary Initiative at ASU and Principal Investigator of the NASA Psyche mission. She received her doctorate from MIT in 2002.
Expertise Areas:
Planetary Sciences, Higher and Postsecondary Education