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- Recently, China has built an artificial moon facility to simulate lunar conditions and the environment for scientists to test new tech and future missions.
- The facility is slated for the official launch this year.
About Artificial moon research facility
- It is located in the eastern city of Xuzhou, in Jiangsu province, China
- It will use powerful magnetic fields inside a 2-foot-diameter (60 centimetres) vacuum chamber to make gravity “disappear.”
- The chamber will be filled with rocks and dust to imitate the lunar surface.
- It is the “first of its kind in the world” and it could maintain such low-gravity conditions for as long as one wants.
- Objectives:
- To test out instruments and technology in a low-gravity environment similar to that of the moon, and see whether its experiments can be successful on the lunar surface.
- The research facility is also expected to help in determining the possibility of human settlement on the moon.
Source:News 18
