Qian Xuesen Listed among " Inspired Chinese"

Qian Xuesen Listed among " Inspired Chinese"
Feb 18, 2008 01:36
LEOPOLD219 Points: Join Date: Feb 7, 2007 Status: offline	Qian Xuesen, the 97-year-old pioneer of China's space technology, is honored as one of " Inspired Chinese" by Chinese state TV -CCTV. Qian Xuesen is acknowledged as a crucial leader of New China's nuclear and space programs and a pioneer of Chang'e I, the country's first lunar orbiter that blasted off into outer space last November. He helped set up a national research institute on rockets and missiles and was responsible for a great number of homegrown space innovations. Qian, a member of both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, graduated from Shanghai Communications University in 1934. In 1935, he went to study in the aviation department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and later studied aviation engineering at the California Institute of Technology. In 1939, he received a doctorate in aviation and mathematics.

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Qian Xuesen, the 97-year-old pioneer of China's space technology, is
honored as one of " Inspired Chinese" by Chinese state TV -CCTV. Qian Xuesen is acknowledged as a crucial leader of New China's nuclear and space programs and a pioneer of Chang'e I, the country's first lunar orbiter that blasted off into outer space last November. He helped set up a national research institute on rockets and missiles and was responsible for a great number of homegrown space innovations.

Qian, a member of both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, graduated from Shanghai Communications University in 1934.

In 1935, he went to study in the aviation department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and later studied aviation engineering at the California Institute of Technology. In 1939, he received a doctorate in aviation and mathematics.

Feb 18, 2008 20:17	#1
GUEST1555	Qian Xuesen is the " Father of China's Atomic Bomb". He rejected the tempting offer by USA officials when he graduated from Universities. He came back to China and helped China develop atomic bomb.

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