China wants to build a spaceship that’s kilometers long

Phys.org  September 1, 2021 Among the many proposals the country’s leaders are considering for its latest five-year plan, one involved creating an ultra-large spacecraft spanning kilometers. According to the project outline the spacecraft elements will be built on Earth and then launched individually to orbit to be assembled in space. They specify that this spacecraft will be a major strategic aerospace equipment for the future use of space resources, exploration of the mysteries of the universe and staying in long-term. There is a great deal of skepticism about this proposal. It would take an enormous number of launches to deploy […]