China turns attention to space with research for 1km-long orbiting ships
President Xi Jinping is attempting to pit China as the next great space super-power. Their new project is part of a wider call for research proposals from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, a funding agency managed by the country’s Ministry of Science and Technology. To put it into perspective, the International Space Station (ISS) is just 109 metres (0.1 […]
