10. How many days, months or years does it take to build a new spaceship? (A K2S Question)

From The Space Library

A simple spacecraft might take as little as six months to design and build. Large, manned spacecraft might take about three to five years using modern methods. By comparison, the first Apollo took about four years to build in the 1960s. The first Shuttle took about nine years to complete in the 1970s.

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Answer provided by Jon H. Brown

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

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