The China Spaceflight Conference saw more than 30 events of various types including academic forums, industry events, cutting-edge exhibitions, road shows, cultural and creative experiences, Sino-US commercial aerospace dialogue and forums on satellite applications and aerospace spirit and youth talent.
Senior Chinese aerospace experts and theoretical scholars gave speeches at a high-end forum on the spirit of aerospace that was held on Sunday morning with the theme of "inheriting the red gene and carrying forward aerospace spirit".
"The core of the aerospace spirit is to rely on one's own self-reliance and hard work."said by Qi Fazhen, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, First Chief Designer of Shenzhou Spacecraft.
Qi Fazhen, an 88-year-old academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the first chief designer of the Shenzhou spacecraft, recounted on past generation of astronauts' unswerving aspirations to serve the country and empower the country by forging ahead with youth and passion.
Qi Fazhen emphasized that under the new historical conditions, the challenges and tasks faced by young people are more arduous and glorious than ever, so they should inherit and carry forward the spirit of spaceflight, especially the spirit of China’s successful launch of the atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb and artificial satellite, which is the core of the spirit of patriotism.
"The greatest love is patriotism love for career, love for spaceflight, love your team, love your job. If every Chinese person does his job well,I think he is patriotic."said by Qi Fazhen, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, First Chief Designer of Shenzhou Spacecraft.
At the China-US Commercial Space Symposium, experts and business representatives from China and the United States gave speeches on topics covering space tourism and commercial space flight when humans can start space travel.
"The biggest difficulty is how to leave the gravity of the earth. If you can leave the earth relatively cheaply at a price that the public can afford space tourism will emerge.If humans can enter low-Earth orbit landing on the moon will be easier. But we will have to wait for a long period of time before we can land on the moon and build a moon hotel to live there.It is highly likely for us to tour around the moon and look back at the earth."said by Wu Ji, Chairman of the Chinese Society for Space Science.
