Companies in participating countries compete for work building components of the jet.

Decks, stabilizers, and other building components could be raised by the framework.

So, in many cases, this meant building components ourselves.

Many other countries have committed large amounts of time and money to building components for the telescope.

Assembled in factories and shipped to construction sites, these building components significantly cut down on construction time and cost.

There are 51 new production centres across the country making building components such as windows and doors, providing local jobs.

On these, Gump said, DSI would try to make propellant and mine nickel and iron to make the building components for new structures in space.

Around 10,000 workers across Britain are employed on the £5bn project with up to 25,000 engaged in building components for the Lockheed Martin F-35aircraft.