China can be proud of its new prodigy: he is 11 years old, he built his own rocket and launched it from his school

China continues to close the gap with the United States in terms of space explorationThe Asian giant has developed truly ambitious projects, such as building its own space station or collecting samples from the far side of the Moon.

The country also has a rocket prodigy, Yan Hongsen, an 11-year-old boy who has been involved in the world of space for several years and is close to testing a second launch system built by himself.

China proud of ‘Rocket Boy’

As our colleagues at Genbeta tell usHongsen’s interest in rockets began when he was four years old. At that time, his father took him to watch a launch and Hongsen was truly impressed. A genuine passion had emerged.

In the years that followed, Hongsen learned various concepts of programming, physics, and chemistry. His knowledge was such that, according to his father, found errors in an animation Long March rocket demonstration at a science fair.

The creators of the animation confused the Long March 5 with the Long March 3. In addition, there were discrepancies in the separation of the rocket and docking with the space station. All this was detected by the little one and later corrected.

Sina.com account The boy began experimenting with building rockets at the age of eight. He later built his first working rocket. To do this, he designed his own printed circuit boardsdeveloped a code of more than 600 lines and designed and built pieces based on recycled products.

After 10 months of work, Hongsen launched its first rocket from an open space located at the school that supported him throughout the process. Although the launch system “reached a high altitude” it had a problem.

The parachute did not open, so the rocket ended up destroyed. ‘The rocket boy, as some call him, is already working in its second creationTo do this, in addition to his schoolwork, he continues to study everything he can about space rockets.

Some believe it may be staged, but the parents have said that while they help their son with some chores because they want to help him achieve his dreams, they know nothing about rockets because they have a humanities background.

Images | Yan Hongsen (Douyin)

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