
Farrukh Yaqub Raja
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Farrukh Yaqub Raja
@ffarrukhh
Proud Muslim & Pakistani,Computer Engineer,Experience in Telecom Sector,RTs are Endorsements in terms of supporting the views in tweets





How China Built the World’s Biggest Train Station on Top of a Mountain Welcome to Chongqing East Station: China's $7.8 billion high-speed rail megaproject. 1.22 million square metres. 40,000 peak workers. A 16,500-tonne steel tube truss roof assembled on the ground and hydraulically slid 57 metres upward onto 41-metre tree-shaped "Huangjue" columns. • How 40,000 workers built a 1.22M m² station in just 38 months on a mountain • The sliding assembly method — why the 16,500-tonne roof was built on the ground first • The Huangjue tree columns — 41-metre branching steel structures designed for earthquake resistance • Stainless steel cladding installation at 57 metres above a mountain slope • Why Chongqing East Station is now the largest railway hub in the world • The high-speed rail network connecting Southwest China to 14 major cities


SpaceX is absolutely dominating the entire planet in orbital mass As of 2026: • Total Global Mass to Orbit: ~969.6 metric tonnes • SpaceX: ~841.0 tonnes (86.7%) • Rest of the World: ~128.6 tonnes (13.3%) SpaceX alone has launched over 86% of all mass to orbit this year till date No one else is even close or even all of them combined


















