Why is china building gigantic structures

Are these huge precipitation pools of some kind? If you zoom in Google Maps see the image below this one , you could see two cooling towers like those used in nuclear plants, as well as several water treatment plants. The Chinese have been building huge structures in the desert for a long time. Back in , they built this scale model of disputed border region between China and India. That's a terrain model 0. Why would they build such a model of a terrain? To play a scale war with scale tanks?

Mind boggling. You can keep up with Jesus Diaz the author of this post, on Twitter or Facebook. The A. Exemptions may be granted after the government has checked detailed building plans, such as those related to firefighting capabilities.

The regulator also tightened the rules for buildings taller than metres this summer. China is also one of the biggest markets for designers such as the London-based Arup. And for years the fast-developing country has been an experiment for ambitious international architects such as Rem Koolhaas and the late Zaha Hadid.

But the authorities have in recent years found it increasingly difficult to manage these buildings. This is already an issue for the ISS, Peck noted, but for a much larger structure, which has more drag acting on it and would require more fuel to boost back into place, it would be a major concern. There are also questions about what such a big spacecraft would be used for.

Lembeck said possibilities include space manufacturing facilities that take advantage of microgravity and abundant solar power to build high-value products like semiconductors and optical equipment, or long-term habitats for off-world living. But both would entail enormous maintenance costs. Perhaps the most promising application for such a large space structure would be scientific, Peck said.

A space telescope of that scale could potentially see features on the surface of planets in other solar systems. Copyright LiveScience , a Future company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Sun Li was invited to shoot a set of photos for the magazine "Trends Health".

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