[Explanation] On April 29, China successfully launched the space station's Tianhe core module with the Long March 5B rocket at the Wenchang Space Launch Site, and China was fully transferred to orbit the space station for construction.

What are the highlights of the "young" Chinese space station?

Where is the latecomer advantage?

Wang Wei, Director of the Space Station General Research Office of the General Design Department of the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, responded recently in an exclusive interview with China News Agency "Focus on China".

　　[Explanation] Wang Wei pointed out that the main goal of building China's own space station is to realize the continuous and long-term stay of the Chinese in space. He introduced that the Chinese space station has three aspects.

　　[Concurrent] Wang Wei, Director of the Space Station General Research Office, General Design Department of the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

　　The first aspect is that our space station is relatively simple in appearance and configuration, and a simple configuration with a moderate scale. The second aspect is that the space station is young, so if it is young, it can better use some new technologies. , Especially the rapid development of some new technologies in information and network communications, including some new technologies in artificial intelligence. The third aspect is that the space station leaves us with a lot of room for imagination, and its current scale is moderate. The model is simple, but on the basis of it, the expansion of the cabin section and the related subsequent expansion and construction can be carried out continuously.

　　[Explanation] The first module of the International Space Station was launched in 1998. The Chinese Space Station was built more than 20 years later than the International Space Station.

Wang Wei said that China has chosen a space station with a moderate scale and has fully learned from the development experience of the International Space Station.

　　[Concurrent] Wang Wei, Director of the Space Station General Research Office, General Design Department of the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

　　You want the International Space Station to be maintained by more than 10 countries, and it is mainly carried out by the United States and Russia. In fact, after it is too complicated, there will be many problems in its operation, so if we choose the current scale and current configuration, It is also fully standing on the basis of the development of the first two space stations, to put forward our current current scale and configuration.

　　[Explanation] Regarding the latecomer advantage of the Chinese Space Station over the International Space Station, Wang Wei said that because of the late construction time, some new technologies, especially electronic information technology, have been upgraded compared with the previous two space stations.

　　[Concurrent] Wang Wei, Director of the Space Station General Research Office, General Design Department of the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

　　For the space station, it should be said that the scale of our current software may be a little larger than the previous two space stations. More functions may not be realized through hardware, but through software and some automated means.

　　Reporter Liu Chao Wang Chao reports from Beijing

Editor in charge: [Li Ji]