Chinese companies simulate the exact Martian environment right in the Gobi desert
Recently, about 100 Chinese teenagers have excitedly completed a 5-hour excursion to a unique 'cosmic landmark' that exists right on the earth. It turned out to be an area built and mimicked just like the Mars environment, located in the Gobi desert, China - Asia's largest desert.
Don't be mistaken, this is not exactly a studio or setting taken in the 'Star Wars' blockbuster, which is actually a unique tourism complex built by a Chinese company. right in the windy hills of Gansu Province.
This Mars simulator is called Mars Base 1 Camp, located about 40 km from the central town of Kim Xuong with a relatively small area, only about one fifth of the area of a football field. Mars Base 1 Camp is a brainchild of a media company and local officials in Gansu, a poor province located in the northwest of the world's most populous country.
Local officials hope that the arrival of Mars Base 1 Camp will help promote tourism by making visitors feel as if they are traveling on the red planet, thereby contributing to improving people's lives. people here.
In addition to becoming a tourist attraction, Mars Base 1 Camp management also plans to partner with the China Aerospace Travel Center (ACC) to turn the complex into a digging center. Create astronauts of international standards in the near future.
Please admire some more pictures of this unique tourist area:
Summer tourist season is coming. If you get bored with crowded, crowded beaches, try to consider new and unique tourist destinations like Mars Base 1 Camp, surely you will not be disappointed!
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