Wen Yang: The Chinese people handle their own major affairs by themselves

Wen Yang: The Chinese people handle their own major affairs by themselves On November 3, the Tiangong-1 target aircraft and the Shenzhou-8 spacecraft successfully achieved their first rendezvous and docking. China follows the United States...

Wen Yang: Chinese people take care of their own major affairs. On November 3, the Tiangong-1 target aircraft and the Shenzhou-8 spacecraft successfully completed their first rendezvous and docking. China has become the third country after the United States and Russia to master this so-called space docking technique. At first, because China's application to join the 16-nation International Space Station program was repeatedly rejected, it later had to do it alone. In recent years, it has made rapid progress and is getting closer to the goal step by step. According to Chinese aerospace experts: "Our country's manned space project is developed according to a three-step strategy. In the first step, we have completed manned spaceflight and realized manned activities in space. In the second step, we will complete the work of the space laboratory. In the third step, we will build a long-term and useful space laboratory." If we complete the second step of the work well, that is to say, the rendezvous and docking mission can be completed very well, and our manned spaceflight project will take a big step forward." (Chen Hongmin, Director of Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center) From the "Shenzhou" flying into the sky to the "Chang'e" flying to the moon, and then the "Tiangong" taking off, the world has no doubt that the Chinese's development strategy of "a few steps" will eventually reach its destination, and is completely accustomed to the Chinese's "big step forward" one after another. As a result of taking it for granted, in recent years, even the common "exclamations" of foreign media and the usual "cheers" of domestic media have disappeared. After all, that was people's natural reaction when they saw the giant standing up. When the giant walked, everyone just watched quietly, carefully calculated its journey based on its pace, seriously evaluated its impact based on its journey, and did not bother to yell in surprise. It is said that the reason for rejecting China’s participation in the International Space Station program was “just like you wouldn’t let a teenager hold the keys to your Ferrari.” As a result, in full view of the public, this confident and energetic young man began to build Beijing Jeep by himself. The reason is even better: Although the Ferrari is good, it belongs to others. No matter how crude the Beijing Jeep is, it belongs to oneself. No matter how good Ferrari is, there will be times when it gets old and retires. Starting from the first generation, Beijing Jeep will always gradually upgrade to be close to Ferrari. The most important thing is that if you drive someone else's Ferrari, you have to listen to others for everything. If you drive your own Beijing Jeep, you can drive it however you want and go where you want to go. From this point of view, for a major event like lunar exploration that concerns the future development of the entire Chinese nation, it is better to do it alone. How big can this matter be? I saw in the news that Mr. Ouyang Ziyuan, the chief scientist of China's lunar exploration project, who is known as the "Father of Chang'e", said: "The large amount of helium 3 stored on the moon is a very good nuclear fusion fuel. Preliminary calculations show that the reserves on the moon are one million tons to five million tons. If helium 3 is used, China's annual power generation will require about 8 tons, and the United States' annual power generation will need about 25 tons. Then, by transporting helium 3 back from the moon once, China's annual energy needs will be completely solved." In my opinion, if for no other reason than this alone, all efforts in the lunar exploration project are of great significance related to the future development of the entire Chinese nation. The Chinese-made Beijing Jeep, even if it only solves the big problem of China's energy demand, has already made a lasting contribution. How can we imagine that in an era when humans begin to utilize lunar resources, more than one billion Chinese people will still have to rely on foreign technology and capabilities to obtain everything they need? The Chinese nation is the largest nation in the world, and the future of this nation can only be controlled in its own hands. Therefore, major issues related to the future development of the entire nation can only be handled by ourselves. I would like to congratulate China's successful space rendezvous and docking with this article. November 3, 2011