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China beats Elon Musk’s SpaceX with floating spaceport in Pacific Ocean – New York Post
China is building a floating spaceport from which it can launch rockets from the Pacific Ocean. The “Eastern Aerospace Port” off the coast of Haiyang city in the province of Shandong wi…
China is building a floating spaceport from which it can launch rockets from the Pacific Ocean.
The “Eastern Aerospace Port” off the coast of Haiyang city in the province of Shandong will also be used the building and maintenance of small rockets.
It’s being developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC), the nations biggest defense contractor, Universe Today reports.
“In the near future, launch facilities located at sea are expected to be a lot more common,” the news sit…
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