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    MEGA SPACESHIP: IS IT POSSIBLE FOR CHINA TO BUILD A KILOMETRE-LONG SPACECRAFT?

    Nov 03, 2021 3 minutes
    by DR STUART CLARK

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    “It’s about ambition, long-term thinking and instilling a sense of purpose. Such long-haul thinking does not fit in well with shorter-term Western thinking”

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    The Chinese space programme has been raising eyebrows again – this time because of its proposal to study how to build a large spacecraft, at least one kilometre in length.

    To put that

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