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China’s plan to build a “Mars village” on a remote plateau in the country’s far northwest will cost about 400 million yuan (US$61.1 million), according to a blueprint for the project drawn up over the weekend.
The proposed base covers 95,000 square kilometres in the Qaidam Basin, an arid desert region on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, whose barren, rocky landscape most closely resembles the geographical conditions found on Mars, government officials said earlier.
It will comprise a large Mars-themed tourist attraction open to the general public and a simulated space exploration camp, complete with living accommodation, for those who want to taste what it might be like to live on the Red Planet.
“People dream about migrating to Mars, so what we want to do is give people a high-end experience of what it would actually be like to live in outer space,” Liu was quoted as saying. (snip) He said he hoped the base would become a hub for scientific research and education.
It will comprise a large Mars-themed tourist attraction open to the general public and a simulated space exploration camp, complete with living accommodation, for those who want to taste what it might be like to live on the Red Planet.
...the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, whose barren, rocky landscape most closely resembles the geographical conditions found on Mars, ...
“With the ExoMars rover, we will drill to retrieve and analyse samples from up to 2m under the surface,” he added. “This is important as a millimetre or two will get us below the harmful ultraviolet, one metre will get us below the oxidants such as perchlorates, and 1.5m gets us below the ionising radiation from the sun and galaxy.”
originally posted by: RomeByFire
I think it sounds pretty cool honestly! Great way to get people into these sorts of topics.
Watch out for the micro meteors too, I hear they hurt like hell!
originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
Do we get to be irradiated whilst visiting? Or is it not for reals?
originally posted by: Illumimasontruth
Watch out for the micro meteors too, I hear they hurt like hell!
originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
Do we get to be irradiated whilst visiting? Or is it not for reals?
You'll know it's close to the real deal if you have to sign a stack of waivers.
originally posted by: Bluntone22
Who did they steal/copy the tech from?
That's a pretty common M.O. for china.
originally posted by: peter_kandra
a reply to: silo13
I wonder if they’re going to let the public in?
Your linked article and quoted text says yes, they plan to.
originally posted by: makemap
originally posted by: ADSE255
Aliens befriend Humans, travel to mars to inhabit new colonies.
Humans discover in horror, it was a cookbook and they're on the menu.
Never trust aliens with sharp teeth.
Even when they shapeshift.