4um: Qinghai to build China's first Mars village

[Home] [Headlines] [Latest Articles] [Latest Comments] [Post] [Sign-in] [Mail] [Setup] [Help] [Register]

Status: Not Logged In; Sign In

More than 100 killed or missing as Sinaloa Cartel war rages in Mexico
New York state reports 1st human case of EEE in nearly a decade
Oktoberfest tightens security after a deadly knife attack in western Germany
Wild Walrus Just Wanted to Take A Summer Vacation Across Europe
[Video] 'Days of democracy are GONE' seethes Neil Oliver as 'JAIL' awaits Brits DARING to speak up
Police robot dodges a bullet, teargasses a man, and pins him to the ground during a standoff in Texas
Julian Assange EXPOSED
Howling mad! Fury as school allows pupil suffering from 'species dysphoria' to identify as a WOLF
"I Thank God": Heroic Woman Saves Arkansas Trooper From Attack By Drunk Illegal Alien
Taxpayers Left In The Dust On Policy For Trans Inmates In Minnesota
Progressive Policy Backfire Turns Liberals Into Gun Owners
PURE EVIL: Israel booby-trapped CHILDRENS TOYS with explosives to kill Lebanese children
These Are The World's Most Reliable Car Brands
Swing State Renters Earn 17% Less Than Needed To Afford A Typical Apartment
Fort Wayne man faces charges for keeping over 10 lbs of fentanyl in Airbnb
🚨 Secret Service Announces EMERGENCY LIVE Trump Assassination Press Conference | LIVE Right Now [Livestream in progress]
More Political Perverts, Kamala's Cringe-fest On Oprah, And A Great Moment For Trump
It's really amazing! Planet chocolate cake eaten by hitting it with a hammer [Slow news day]
Bombshell Drops: Israel Was In On It! w/ Ben Swann
Cash Jordan: NYC Starts Paying Migrants $4,000 Each... To Leave
Shirtless Trump Supporter Puts CNN ‘Reporter’ in Her Place With Awesome Responses
Iraqi Resistance Attacks Two Vital Targets In Israels Haifa
Ex-Border Patrol Chief Says He Was Instructed By Biden-Harris Admin To Hide Terrorist Encounters
Israeli invasion of Lebanon 'will lead to DOOMSDAY' and all-out war,
PragerUMiss Universe Bankrupt after Trans Takeover: Former Judge Weighs In
Longtime Democratic Campaign Operative Quits the Party After What She Saw at the DNC
Dr. Lindsey Doe is teaching people that Pedophilia is a sexual orientation…
Big Mike & Barry Surrender Law Licenses What Are They Hiding?
Covid Vaccines Sharply Raise Risk of Death or Heart Failure, Major New Peer-Reviewed Study Shows
Here Comes Diversity MEME

Science/Tech
See other Science/Tech Articles

Title: Qinghai to build China's first Mars village
Source: [None]
URL Source: http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0726/c90000-9246686.html
Published: Jul 26, 2017
Author: (Web editor: Du Mingming, Bianji)
Post Date: 2017-07-26 07:14:25 by Tatarewicz
Keywords: None
Views: 63

(People's Daily Online)

"Mars Village," China's first simulated Mars base, will be built in Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan autonomous Prefecture, NW China's Qinghai province, China News Service reported on July 25.

Located in the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, the prefecture has diverse geography and magnificent natural scenery, including mountains, grasslands, dessert, rivers, and lakes. The main part of the region is the Qaidam Basin, which enjoys the reputation of "Cornucopia."

(Photo/haixi.gov.cn)

Desertification covers an area of 95,000 square kilometers, accounting for 75.6 percent of the total desert area in Qinghai province. The Gobi Desert is home to China's largest Yadan landform. The geographical features, natural scenery, and climate are all similar to that of on Mars, making the region a good area for the construction of a simulated base.

Liu Xiaoqun, director of the General Office of the Lunar and Deep-Space Exploration at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that China's Mars Village will boost local tourism and cultural industries. The project is located in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau region, which neighbors the historical Hexi Corridor. As the only Mars-themed tourism spot in China, it will serve as an important educational base for the fields of aerospace, astronomy, geography, geology, meteorology, and new energy.

China's Mars Village project aims to build a creative Mars experience based on "science, science fiction, nature, ecology, and culture." The main part of the attraction will consist of two functional zones. One being "Mars communities" and the other being "Mars camps." (For the latest China news, Please follow People's Daily on Twitter and Facebook)