China’s Shenzhou 12 manned spacecraft was successfully launched a few days ago. Over the years, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University professor Rong Qiliang, who has led a team to participate in major national aerospace projects such as "Tianwen" and "Chang'e", said that as a As a Hong Kong aerospace researcher, he is very excited. He also mentioned that the anti-revision regulations in 2019 made him the most nervous because he was worried that the "Mars Camera" under development would be destroyed at PolyU.
Rong Qiliang pointed out that his team has participated in many lunar exploration projects 3, 4, and 5, as well as China's first Mars mission "Tianwen No. 1". He mentioned that the most thrilling part of his years of experience was that during the anti-amendment legislation in 2019, PolyU was occupied by demonstrators and many laboratories in the school were destroyed. At that time, his team was exploring Mars for "Tianwen 1". The "Mars Camera" developed by the mission is about to enter the sprint stage of delivery. He said that fortunately, their laboratory does not have a door number, and few people know the exact location. They mixed into the campus at the time, moved equipment and instruments like "ant moving," and opened a laboratory at home to continue research and development.
Rong Qiliang pointed out that he is excited about the team of scientists responsible for space projects such as "Tianwen" and "Chang'e" coming to Hong Kong for exchanges in the future. He also pointed out that when he saw the lunar soil sampled by the "Chang'e 5" on display in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, his excitement was hard to describe with pen and ink.
He said that in the future, the team will focus on deep space exploration projects such as "Chang'e-6", "Chang'e-7" and small star exploration, and carry out more in-depth and more influential research on the moon.