China All Set To Build World’s First Mars Stimulation Base Near Tibet
Though China was doing good in the aspects of Electronic goods, military and others, this Asia’s massive nation is far behind in the subjects of Space study. Its recent mission to Space has miserably failed, but reminiscing the loss and regretting the same, the nation somehow is working hard to further an astounding mission to Mars.
Now, in a bid to prove its worth, China is setting up a huge stimulation camp with a prospect of sending its rover to the much fascinating Red planet. With the ideas regarding the affordability and other concerns, scientists are aiming to complete the task by 2020.
The base camp is about to be set on the Tibetan plateau in the country’s northwest as it aims to send the first mission to the red planet by 2020 to catch-up with the US, India, and Russia. An agreement to build a “Mars village” at Haixi prefecture in Qinghai province, a part of the Tibetan plateau located next to Tibet Autonomous Region, was signed yesterday.
With the fair sharp ridges and mounds of rock known as yardangs formed over the centuries by wind erosion, it is believed that the region on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau is perfectly fit for the deed.Mirroring the features of the land that exists on Mars. The project will incorporate education, tourism, scientific research, and simulation training.
The country aims to launch a Mars probe around 2020 to carry out orbiting and roving exploration, followed by a second mission that would include a collection of surface samples from the red planet, according to an official white paper ‘China’s Space Activities in 2016’.
This base might also include a set of shooting films and TV shows, the report quoted a local government statement as saying. Liu Xiaoqun, an official involved in space exploration at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said the base would contribute to local tourism in Qinghai region.
In addition to that, a “Mars community” and a “Mars camp”, will provide tourists with a unique scientific and cultural experience, the report said. The government showed off images last year depicting its future orbiter, lander, and rover designed to explore the surface of the red planet.