Set in the remote, post-apocalyptic desert landscape that is Landers, California, the 38-foot high white dome was built in the 1950s as a research facility by George Van Tassel, a test pilot and aeronautical engineer for Howard Hughes.

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"It's a really good opportunity for us as young engineers to be prepared early for such a project, " said Ahmed Madi, 26, an engineer from Abu Dhabi who is in a training program at a semiconductor manufacturing facility in Dresden.

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