Expo 2020 is just two weeks away and one of the themes that they are doing this year is space. Visitors can enjoy space objects such as Martian meteorites and Moon rocks at the international pavilions at Expo 2020. Host UAE, France, Russia and the US will be sharing their space items brought back to Earth.
“Visitors will get up close to an actual lunar sample. American astronaut Jack Schmitt collected it near the lunar module landing site on Apollo 17. It is one of the largest samples brought back from the Moon,” said Matthew Asada, deputy commissioner-general for the USA Pavilion.
“The USA Pavilion’s theme ‘Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of the Future’ is strongly linked to US achievements in space. One of the exhibition’s stars attractions is an eight-minute immersive media show which explores the future of America’s technological advances in the current century and beyond. This experience touches on the biggest and boldest ideas that the United States has to offer and presents the cutting edge of what’s possible – from the democratisation of space to quantum computing and more.”
“And finally, as visitors exit the Pavilion, they will be greeted by the tallest structure on the Expo 2020 site by an international participant – a 43-metre SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket,” Mr Asada said. “Standing tall as an example of sustainability in action, Falcon 9 is the world’s first orbital-class reusable rocket, allowing the most expensive parts to be re-employed, bringing down the cost of space travel considerably.”
