Last week China announced that it is building the world's largest dam in Tibet - even larger than the Three Gorges Dam, which according to NASA, has slowed the Earth's rotation by 0.06 seconds.

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The dragon has named the new initiative ‘Three Gorges Dam Project in Space’. Its blueprint has been designed by China’s famous rocket scientist – Long Lehao. Under this project ...

SRINAGAR: China has announced plans to construct an ambitious space-based solar power station, which rocket scientist Long Lehao has likened to a Three Gorges Dam above the Earth. This initiative, ...

Ship lift at the famed Three Gorges Dam, on the Yangtze river in China. Photo courtesy: yangtze-river-cruises.com The total investment in the dam could exceed 1 trillion yuan (USD 137 billion), which ...

A leading Chinese scientist has unveiled an ambitious plan to construct solar power stations in space using super-heavy rockets, describing it as "a new Three Gorges Dam above the Earth." By accepting ...

China has approved the construction of a colossal hydropower project on Tibet’s longest river that could generate three times more energy than the Three Gorges Dam, state news agency Xinhua ...

Tibet project estimated at 60GW would be nearly three times the size of China's Three Gorges Dam, pictured above, which began operating in 2006. Photo: "ThreeGorgesDam-China2009" by Le Grand ...

though likely not as many as Three Gorges, which uprooted and moved 1.4 million people. The Medog dam will be bigger, but it’s in a more sparsely populated area. Sign up for SingularityHub's weekly ...