Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Inside Mongolia’s ‘Mars camp’: The extreme adventure that wants to turn
tourists into astronauts
Nowadays, although still quite expensive, you can buy an orbital or
suborbital space flight to experience weightlessness and enjoy a view of Earth offered
by SpaceX, Blue Origin, or Virgin Galactic. However, getting to, staying on,
and returning from Mars seems still far beyond feasible for civilian travelers,
at least within this decade. But if you are still so eager to experience the challenges
on the Red Planet, you may be able to travel to a mock Mars camp in Mongolia’s
Gobi Desert. At Mongolia’s MARS-V camp, mission crew members will experience a
month-long survival challenge at the camp in the middle of nowhere, for only at
$6,000 per person for a month, including pre-camp training and evaluation. The
desert is a vast, cold, arid region known for its extreme climate and
landscapes, where temperatures drop below 30 degrees Celsius in winter and rise
beyond 40 degrees in summer. The crew members will undergo a virtual astronaut
training program, such as conducting geological mapping or collecting soil
samples in a space suit. They’ll inhabit the living quarters of interconnected
modular pods, and eat freeze-dried Mongolian dishes like rehydrated dumplings
or mutton stews. Communication with the support team (front desk) takes minutes
to mimic interplanetary lag. Of course, smartphones will be collected before the
mission begins. Would you be interested in being completely isolated from the
world and conducting planetary exploration tasks for a month?
Read the article and learn about this extreme travel mission in
Mongolia’s Gobi Desert.
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