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However, as soon as the topic of space shuttles came up, Lin Ju steered the conversation towards the Forward Space Station.
Five months ago, a cooperative construction agreement was reached for the Forward Space Station, and half of the 12 centrifuge segments were to be constructed by the space administration. According to the agreement, the first of these six chambers should have been delivered in July 2017, with the rest delivered by the end of December.
By the end of January, the March spacecraft would begin installing the centrifuge part of the Forward Space Station, and Lin Ju didn't want the segment construction to lag behind.
However, the Fifth Institute, which undertook the construction task, said there was no problem. They had always understood New Yuan's pace of spacecraft construction, and had started ordering the necessary equipment as soon as the cooperation was settled. There were no issues expected with everything being in place this year.
