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Qian
Xuesen was born in Shanghai on December 11th, 1911. He is known as "the
father of China's space program" and "The king of the rocket".
When
he was 24 years old, Qian went to America for further study. After graduation,
he worked in America for a few years, where his working conditions were better.
In the early 1950s, he heard New China had been founded(成立) and decided not to stay in America any longer. He succeeded in
coming back to his motherland in 1955 though the American government tried to
stop him.
In
1956, Qian Xuesen suggested setting up a special organization, which later
became the leading organization for China's rocket and air travel program. In
June 1964, China successfully created its first medium rocket. Qian also played
an important role in developing China's first man-made satellite(卫星). On April 24, 1970, "Dongfanghong-I was successfully sent
into the air."
In
1964, a young man wrote Qian Xuesen a letter and pointed out a mistake in his
published article. Qian immediately answered the letter and encouraged the
young man to write an article out the mistake.
Zhu
Yilin, who was said to be the last student of Qian Xuesen, once said, "I
learned a lot of professional knowledge as well as the spirit and attitude that
a scientist should have from Mr. Qian, especially his deep love for the
motherland. Without that, they couldn't have helped to develop science and
technology when New China was badly development. Without that, he would not
have made the great contribution(贡献)to industry
in the late 1950s and early 1960s when conditions in China were too hard
Mr.
Qian has been dead for ten years, but he will live in the memory of Chinese
people forever.
