Qian Xuesen, Father of China’s Space Program, Is Dead at 98
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 13:00
in Astronomy & Space
Mr. Qian was a brilliant rocket scientist who led China’s space and military rocketry efforts after he was drummed out of the U.S. during the redbaiting of the McCarthy era.
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