Question:Chinese company C-Space has opened “Mars Base 1”,a simulated Martian base of future astronauts at which of the following desert?
(a) Hami desert
(b) Gobi desert
(c) Lop desert
(d) Ordos desert
Answer: (b)
Related facts:
- A Chinese company called C-Space has opened Mars Base 1, a simulated Martian base of operations for future astronauts in the desert hills of Gobi Desert in China’s Gansu province.
- The base is currently an educational facility and in the future, it will be expanded as a tourist destination also.
- Mars Base 1 will help in educating students about how life could be like on Mars.
- The white-colored base has a silver dome and nine modules, including living quarters, a control room, a greenhouse and an airlock.
Gobi Desert
- The Gobi is a desert and semi desert region of Central Asia. The Gobi (from the Mongolian Gobi, meaning “waterless place”) stretches across huge portions of both Mongolia and China.
- The Gobi desert is bounded by the Altai Mountains and the grasslands and steppes of Mongolia on the north, by the Taklamakan Desert to the west, by the Hexi Corridor and Tibetan Plateau to the southwest.
Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobi_Desert
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/chinese-firm-opens-mars-base-simulator-in-desert/article26867442.ece
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/04/photos-mars-gobi-desert/587353/
https://www.britannica.com/topic-browse/Earth-and-Geography/Physical-Geography/Deserts