By James Rush and Daniel Miller He had always dreamed about building his own space shuttle ever since being a child. But while most people would give up such an ambition as impractical, this Chinese farmer could just not let the dream go. Huang Yuzhan spent more than a year building the 7m high rocket and 3.8m high shuttle at his home in Xiapu village, in southern China's Guangdong Province. Huang Yuzhan, a farmer from Xiapu village in southern China's Guangdong Province, is seen posing with his home-made space shuttle and rocket model Mr Yuzhan spent more than a year building the 7m high rocket and 3.8m high shuttle at his home in Xiapu village, in southern China's Guangdong Province
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Farmer Huang Yuzhan spent more than a year building rocket and shuttle
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Structure sits proudly on top of his house in Xiapu, Guangdong Province
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The 7m high rocket and 3.8m high shuttle appears to be made of ceramic tile
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The rocket, complete with two boosters on either side, is now a prominent feature of the @placeholder skyline, rising high above the surrounding buildings