The United Arab Emirates plans the 1st city on Mars - a VR Tour

[jandl100]

Interesting!

https://futurism.com/uae-released-vr-tour-first-city-mars/

[struth]

Pie in the Sky;)

[jandl100]

I wouldn't be so sure.
Those guys have got LOTS of money!
They can bankroll it, with their name on the front.

[southall-1998]

Leave Mars alone!

FFS....What stupid people.

S.

[walpurgis]

It's just a publicity stunt.

Until they find a usable water supply on Mars, nobody will be able to live there. They couldn't carry enough extra fuel to blast off from there for a return journey or have enough materials to build shelters either and the solar radiation problem seems insoluble.

[Macca]

You can get around the radiation, just means you have to build your spacecraft in orbit and send up a bit at a time. Very expensive but as Jerry says, they have the money, at least until their oil runs out.

Getting back isn't an issue as there is no shortage of volunteers for a one-way trip.

[RobbieGong]

I wouldn't be so sure.
Those guys have got LOTS of money!
They can payroll it, with their name on the front.

Yep, I wouldnt write it off as pie in the sky either.

I've been all over Dubai and the money and rate / speed of building, level of luxury / high end they are doing is unbelievable - seriously :eek:

They have the money, lots of it coupled with a mind set that is to do it bigger than, better than ........

[walpurgis]

Another article. More nonsense of course. An 'imitation of a martian city'. How do you imitate something that does not exist?

http://www.novinite.com/articles/185763/Dubai+Build+an+Imitation+of+a+Martian+City+%28Vide o%29

[jandl100]

The UAE say they'll have it going in 2117 - I'll have to start eating healthier if I want to see that! :eyebrows:

[Barry]

I've been all over Dubai and the money and rate / speed of building, level of luxury / high end they are doing is unbelievable - seriously :eek:



Yes - and that's unfortunately all Dubai is: a collection of imaginatively designed skyscrapers, shopping malls and golf courses, totally lacking in character or any semblance of culture. I hate the place.

[struth]

think the first gold bar vending machine was there... so tacky;)

[RobbieGong]

Yes - and that's unfortunately all Dubai is: a collection of imaginatively designed skyscrapers, shopping malls and golf courses, totally lacking in character or any semblance of culture. I hate the place.

:lol:

Wouldnt say I hate the place but like most places I've visited, an experience for myself the wife and our daughters - We always make the most of where ever we go.

[Macca]

One drawback with the UAE doing it. Imagine a 6 month voyage to Mars and when you get there you can't even get a drink... the living would envy the dead.