China Launches Century-Long Space Resource Development Plan, Named After a Ming Dynasty Scientific Classic

Foreign media: Former US Secretary of Defense Mattis once warned that China would showcase its military, technological, and economic influence globally like the Ming Dynasty. On January 29, China announced the launch of a national space resource development plan spanning nearly a century, aiming to establish a large interstellar fleet to conduct resource exploration and mining on Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, and Venus.

The plan is named after the Ming Dynasty encyclopedia "Tiangong Kaiwu" published in 1637, reflecting the ancient Chinese scientific philosophy that "materials come from nature, and humans transform them through craftsmanship."

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