Monday, October 29, 2018

China plans to launch the world's first 'artificial moon'

This week, a private aerospace institute in China announced its ambitious attempts to launch a "fake moon" into stationary orbit above the city of Chengdu. Whether or not the team was inspired by Elon Musk's audacious Falcon Heavy test flight is uncertain, although much like the convertible Roadster, Chengdu Aerospace Science Microelectronics System Research Institute Co, Ltd. may soon join the Tesla mogul's club by catapulting a man-made non-satellite object into orbit. Referred to as an "illumination...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/china-plans-to-launch-the-worlds-first-artificial-moon
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