Why did Dubai build a "Mars City" in its own desert first?

Recently, the Dubai government announced that it will unite with world-renowned architect Bijak? Bjarke Ingels (the founder of BIG Architects), scientists, engineers and designers from the United Arab Emirates formed a team to build a prototype of a Mars city in the desert to simulate the living conditions on Mars. The project is named "Mars Science City", with a total area of 65.438+0.7 million square meters and a cost of 890 million yuan, providing a practical model to simulate the daily life of Mars.

The project will attract the best scientific talents and architectural engineers from all over the world to live on the simulated planet for one year. Through 3D printing technology, heat insulation and radiation protection, the harsh terrain and living environment of Mars are simulated, and the breakthrough point is found, especially how people will maintain their lives in a strange planetary environment. The appearance of "Mars Science City" consists of a series of related dome structures, and the internal laboratory will be used to study food, energy, water and agricultural experiments.

In addition, there will be a museum in the "Mars Science City", and the walls of the museum will be printed by the sand in the Avila Desert in 3D, showing people the world's greatest space achievements.

As early as last year, Dubai announced plans to build a mini-city on Mars before 2 1 17. This project is called "Mars 2 1 17 Project", and it is hoped that the first human settlement will be established on Mars in 100. It can be said that this "Mars Science City" is a part of the plan, making basic preparations for the real realization of the "Mars 2 1 17 Plan".

The specific arrangement of the Mars series plan has not yet been announced, but for the time being, Dubai wants to use the simulation laboratory of "Mars Science City" as an advance station for human migration to Mars.