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Wired: Everything you need to know about China's ambitious space plans
By 2030, China wants to be a major space power. To achieve that, it's got some out-of-this-world ideas
From building its own space station, to capturing an asteroid and putting it in orbit around the Moon, China’s space programme is often depicted as ludicrous and unfeasible. But it would be foolish to overlook its potential.
China is quickly becoming one of the most ambitious and pioneering nations when it comes to exploring space. "Our overall goal is that, by around 2030, China will be among the major space powers of the world," Wu Yanhua, deputy chief of the National Space Administration, said in January. So what are its plans?
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China Wants a Nuclear Space Shuttle by 2040 -- Popular Mechanics
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