China To Set Up Village On Moon, Sealed Up 200 Students To Stimulate Isolation

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China plans to establish a village on the moon with Europe's help by 2036.

Now, in a step towards that goal, the nation has created a 'Lunar Palace' on Earth to simulate living in isolated conditions on the moon.

Four students from the astronautics research university Beihang yesterday entered the 160-square-metre (1,720-square-foot) cabin, dubbed the 'Yuegong-1'.

It contains four bed cubicles, a common room, a bathroom, a waste-treatment room and a room for raising animals.

It is the only such facility to involve animals and microorganisms as well as plants and humans, its chief designer Liu Hong told CCTV, calling it 'the firstof its kind.'

A similar 105-day trial was carried out successfully in 2014.

Two groups of four postgraduate students will alternate their time in the labspending a total of 365 days in isolation between them. 

Two men and two women entered the lab yesterday to begin work.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4494192/China-simulates-extended-moon-stays-amid-space-drive.html

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