Look,Didyouknowhim?filmShenzhoutiangongChenjianbinactqianxuesenXuesenQianEarlylifeQianXuesen(TsienHsue-shen)BornDecember11,1911Hangzhou,ChinaDiedOctober31,2009(aged97)Beijing,ChinaFieldsAeronauticsInstitutionsCaliforniaInstituteofTechnologyAlmamaterNationalChiaoTungUniversityMassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyCaliforniaInstituteofTechnologyDoctoraladvisorTheodorevonKármánKnownforJetPropulsionLaboratory(JPL)experienceQianXuesenwasborninHangzhou,thecapitalofZhejiangprovince.HeleftHangzhouattheageofthree,whenhisfatherobtainedapostintheMinistryofEducationinBeijing.QiangraduatedfromjiaotongUniversityinShanghaiin1934andreceivedadegreeinmechanicalengineering,withanemphasisonrailroadadministration;hethenspentaninternshipatNanchangAirForceBase.InAugust1935QianleftChinaonaBoxerRebellionIndemnityScholarshiptostudymechanicalengineeringattheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyandearnedaMasterofSciencedegreefromMITayearlater.ExcitedShenzhouVIII•China'sunmannedspacecraftShenzhou-8successfullydockedwiththelabmoduleTiangong-1earlyThursdayCareerintheUnitedStatesaircraftIn1943,QianandtwoothersintheCaltechrocketrygroupdraftedthefirstdocumenttousethenameJetPropulsionLaboratory;itwasaproposaltotheArmyfordevelopingmissilesinresponsetoGermany‘sV-2rocket.Thisledtothe,theWACCorporal,andotherdesiPrivateA,民兵,whichflewin1944,andlatertheCorporalgns.NoonethenknewthatthefatherofthefutureU.S.spaceprogramwasbeingquizzedbythefatherofthefutureChinesespaceprogram.exampleThelossofTheUnitedStatesheUS'sloss(oneofQian'scolleaguesinthe1930shadcalledQianascientistofgenius)wasChina'sgain,atacriticalperiodinitsdevelopment.QianwasimmediatelyallowedtoestablishanInstituteofMechanicsinBeijing,andtoworkwithinthestate-establishedChineseAcademyofScience.HisskillsandknowledgewereabsolutelycriticalatatimewhenmanyofChina'smosttalentedscientistshadrefusedtoreturnhomebecauseofthepoliticalchangesthathadtakenplacethere.AsymboloftherespectandtrustQianenjoyedwashisadmissiontotheCommunistpartyin1958.HestartedworkonwhatwastobecometheDongfengmissile.ReturntoChinaIn1956,basedonQian`spositionpaperonthecountry`sdefenseandaviationindustry,thecentralgovernmentsetupanaviationindustrycommittee,whichlaterbecametheleadingorganizationforChina`smissileandaviationprograms.UndertheguidanceofQian,alsoknownasTsienHsue-shen,Chinafinishedtheblueprintondevelopingjetandrockettechnology.Healsoplayedasignificantroleindevelopingthecountry`sfirstartificialearthsatellite.guidedmissileAfterWorldWarIIheservedundervonKármánasaconsultanttotheUnitedStatesArmyAirForce,andcommissionedwiththeassimilatedrankofcolonel.VonKármánandTsienbothweresentbytheArmytoGermanytoinvestigatetheprogressofwartimeaerodynamicsresearch.QianinvestigatedresearchfacilitiesandinterviewedGermanscientistsincludingWernhervonBraunandRudolphHermann.VonKármánwroteofQian,“Attheageof36,hewasanundisputedgeniuswhoseworkwasprovidinganenormousimpetustoadvancesinhigh-speedaerodynamicsandjetpropulsion.”[2]TheAmericanjournalAviationWeek&SpaceTechnologywouldnameQianitsPersonoftheYearin2007,andcommentonhisinterrogationofvonBraunLaterlifeIn2008,hewasnamedAviationWeekandSpaceTechnologyPersonoftheYear.Thisselectionisnotintendedasanhonourbutisgiventothepersonjudgedtohavethegreatestimpactonaviationinthepastyear.[2][15]In2008,ChinaCentralTelevisionnamedQianasoneoftheelevenmostinspiringpeopleinChina.[16]Hediedattheageof97onOctober31,2009inBeijing.[17][18]InJuly2009,theOmegaAlphaAssociationnamedQian(H.S.Tsien)oneoffourHonoraryMembersintheinternationalsystemsengineeringhonorsociety.OnOctober31,2009China`skeystonespacescientistQianXuesen,widelyacclaimedasthecountry`sfatherofspacetechnologyandkingofrocketry,diedofillnessinBeijingattheageof98.olderspaceexplorationplan•In2009,asChinaispreparingtobuildaspaceexplorationlaunchpadontheislandofHainan,andhassetitselftheaimofgettingaChinesemanonthemooninthenextdecade,Qian'scontributiontoChina'sspaceandmissileprogrammeshouldnotbeunderestimated.MuchofthetechnologybehindtheShenzhourockets,launchedintospacefromthe1990sonwardstomuchnationalfanfare,canbetracedbacktoresearchthatQianundertook.AndmuchofthatwasbasedonwhathehadstudiedintheUSduringhis20yearsthere.Theinfluencedongfengguidedmissile贡献Asaresultbothofhiswork,andofsupportfromtheSovietUnion(despitethefactthatrelationsbetweenthesetwocountrieshaddeterioratedbadlyinthelate1950s),Chinawasabletotestitsownatomicbombin1963-64.Amere15yearsafteritsfounding,ithadjoinedtheelitenuclearclub.Thiswasaseminalmomentinthecountry'sdevelopmenBreathtaking'kiss'inspaceTheexcitementandtensionarebecomingpalpableintheBeijingAerospaceControlCenteronWednesdaynightastheShenzhouVIIIspacecraftandTiangong-1spacelabmodulecometogethertocompletetheirkiss.welearnWeaknationwithoutdiplomaticAsayouthweneedtolearnmoreknowledge,weshouldcontributetothedevelopmentofthecountrytocatchupwiththeUnitedStates