{"id":144858,"date":"2025-10-25T16:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/144858\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T16:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T16:00:12","slug":"from-freeze-dried-dumplings-to-bunk-pods-inside-the-mongolian-tourist-camp-recreating-life-on-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/144858\/","title":{"rendered":"From freeze-dried dumplings to bunk pods: Inside the Mongolian tourist camp recreating life on Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FromImage credits: Getty Images Ever imagined what living on another planet would be like? Well, if you have been curious about life in space then a chance to experience it might just be a flight away.Recently, Jeff Bezos spoke at the Italian Tech Week 2025, sharing that he was unable to see “how anybody can be discouraged who is alive right now. I believe, in the next couple of decades, there will be millions of people living in space. That’s how fast this is going to accelerate,” he said. With AI and tech, there’s no doubt that living in space is a considerable future. But while some like Katy Perry might be excited to see a world unknown, others like Taylor Swift would “never” go to space.For those who are divided, there’s a tourist camp that will surely help making the decision easier.<\/p>\n

Life on Mars, right here on Earth<\/p>\n

\"Mars<\/p>\n

Image credits: Getty Images<\/p>\n

A venture called “MARS-V” planned by a non-governmental organisation of the same name, based in Mongolia’s capital Ulaanbaatar, plans to build a “Mars simulation tourist centre deep in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert.” According to CNN, the experience will be a “month-long survival challenge” and tourists will be able to travel to the “mock Mars camp” by 2029.<\/p>\n

How will Mars be?<\/p>\n

\"Special<\/p>\n

Image credits: X\/@latestinspace, Getty Images<\/p>\n

What would life be like on Mars? Well, as per the media outlet it will be -30 degrees Celsius (-22 degrees Fahrenheit) outside. Participants will meditate and eat “a breakfast of freeze-dried dumplings.” Additionally, they will adorn space suits, thermal underwear, sleep in “bunk pods” and navigate through sandstorms, considering the geography of the planet.The camp is a \u201cspecial interest tourism program that provides individuals with the special experience of exploring the red planet under a habitat that most closely resembles the red planet. Providing them with the necessary simulated challenges the planet will throw at them. Tourism centre for the Mars tourists.\u201d<\/p>\n

What will Mars look like?<\/p>\n

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Image credits: Getty Images<\/p>\n

The organisation plans to establish a joint scientific research centre for Mars-related technologies acting as the intersecting point for all participants, as per its website. \u201cECO DEVELOPMENT MARS-V PROJECT MISSION. BRIDGING MANKIND\u2019S VISION TO REACH MARS,\u201d the project described its goal.There will be a training centre to improve skills, gain, test technical knowledge and increase experience for settling and living on Mars. This will be done to “prepare the necessary human resources for the Mars program.”According to the website, a Mars carrier is being built with equipment to transport and support human life on Mars. The founder and president of the “Mars Society” is Dr Robert Zubrin and numerous “aspiring” astronauts are listed as being involved in the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image credits: Getty Images Ever imagined what living on another planet would be like? Well, if you have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[18,11395,19,17,85569,1203,85566,85571,85568,85570,85567,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-144858","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-gobi-desert","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-life-on-mars-experience","13":"tag-mars","14":"tag-mars-simulation-tourist-centre","15":"tag-mars-society","16":"tag-mars-related-technologies","17":"tag-mars-v","18":"tag-mongolia-gobi-desert","19":"tag-science"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115435643026566274","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}