Star trekking

Mars Base 1 in the Gobi Desert in Jinchang, Gansu province, simulates the living environment of astronauts on the planet. Domestic travel services are looking to tap into China's lucrative sci-fi market by developing out-of-this-world holiday experiences, Xu Lin reports. Each time I watch a rocket launch, it is sci-fi made real, and I often burst into tears due to excitement, even though I've watched many times," says Xie. He's also a core member of SpaceLens, a group of young photographers, mostly university students, who like to record China's rocket launches in photos and videos. Also, some young spectators like to post photos of unique landforms in China online, claiming that "it's a trip where they can pretend they're on an alien planet".