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"Three Gorges Dam In Space": China Reveals Plans To Build Giant Power Station In Earth's Orbit


"The energy collected in one year would be equivalent to the total amount of oil that can be extracted from the Earth."

While the world continues to guzzle down oil like we aren't aware of the climate crisis, more long-term thinkers are working on ways to make renewable energy like solar power more efficient. One of the main problems to overcome, which China hopes to address with a new Long March-9 (CZ-9) reusable super-heavy rocket, is getting the many pieces needed into orbit. “We are working on this project now," Long Lehao, a rocket scientist and member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), said in a lecture, per South China Morning Post.

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