Chinanews.com, Hainan Wenchang, February 18th, title: Shandong "post-90s" guy chasing "arrows" in Wenchang, Hainan: Watching the rocket fly into space, like "broken love"
Reporter Fu Yuqun
"According to the flight mission plan, the Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft will be launched in May this year. At that time, I will return to Wenchang, Hainan in advance to prepare for the rocket shooting." said Wang Yubo, a "post-90s" guy from Shandong. In addition to the mission, I will also plan a series of promotional activities for space science popularization with my friends.
As the only low-latitude coastal space launch site in my country, Hainan Wenchang Space Launch Site has carried out many major space launch missions since its opening in 2016.
Whenever a rocket is launched, the beaches of Qishui Bay in Wenchang, the stone park at the foot of Tongguling, and the roofs of residential buildings in Longlou Town...all attract aerospace enthusiasts from all over the country. Everyone raises their cameras and mobile phones, Record the wonderful moments of the rocket launch and witness the development of China's aerospace industry with your own eyes.
Wang Yubo is one of the aerospace enthusiasts, and he is also a senior "rocket chaser". He has been chasing "arrows" in Wenchang, Hainan for 7 years.
In his camera, nearly 20 major space launch missions at the Wenchang Space Launch Site were recorded.
The picture shows that on the eve of the launch of the Wentian experimental capsule, Wang Yubo and his companions held an aerospace science popularization public welfare activity at Qishuiwan Beach, Wenchang.
Photo courtesy of Wang Yubo
Lai Wenchang has "chased" the rocket so many times, and Wang Yubo is still very excited every time he sees the rocket launch.
"I came to Wenchang to watch the rocket launch for the first time in 2016. It was dark at that time, and the flames sprayed by the rocket illuminated the entire sea area, just like the sun rising." Wang Yubo was deeply impressed by the experience of watching the rocket launch by the sea. Shocked, since then, Wang Yubo started the road of "chasing" arrows in Wenchang, Hainan.
In Wang Yubo's view, each rocket is unique. After the rocket is successfully launched, its wreckage will fall into the Pacific Ocean. No one may know about it in the future, and each rocket is recorded in the form of video and pictures. , for the rocket that gradually disappears in the eyes of human beings, it can leave its own moment of lift-off, so that the rocket will remain in everyone's heart for a long time.
As a result, Wang Yubo can be seen in almost every corner of Longlou Town, an aerospace town. In this small town surrounded by the sea on three sides, Wang Yubo and his friends gradually explored a set of "photographic maps".
"For the first time to shoot a rocket, I would suggest that he choose the shooting location on the roof of a residential building in Longlou Town. There are fewer people watching and the field of view is better." Wang Yubo introduced, in order to get a clearer and better angle. Better images, sometimes he needs to carry heavy equipment to "travel across mountains and rivers", climb high towers, climb to the highest point of Tongguling, run in the fields... these are all easy to say, "although it is very tiring, but seeing At the moment of the work, the whole body and mind are excited."
What Wang Yubo is most proud of is that he and his friends follow the whole process and shoot short videos of the construction mission of China's space station.
"It took us two full years of hard work." Wang Yubo said that he almost followed the three large-scale cabins of the space station, the core module, the Wentian experimental module, and the Mengtian experimental module. During the process, "When the rocket was successfully launched and flew into space, I even felt a little bit lost, like 'broken love'." Wang Yubo said with a smile that he also had "feelings" for the rocket after filming for so long. With more unknown journeys, I can't help but be more "concerned" about the Rockets.
In the past seven years, Wang Yubo has come to Wenchang, Hainan many times. While shooting, he also felt the development and changes of this international aerospace city.
In recent years, Longlou Township, Wenchang City has vigorously developed space tourism, taking advantage of the wind of space launches. Locals have opened hotels, restaurants and homestays, and tens of thousands of tourists flock in every space launch.
Seeing the ever-growing vitality of this aerospace town, Wang Yubo came up with the idea of starting a business, and invited like-minded partners to jointly establish an aerospace science popularization company.
They set up their office in Longlou Town, and the rocket launcher can be seen from the office window.
Now, this young team is preparing for every rocket shooting, while giving public welfare science lectures on aerospace knowledge.
The picture shows Wang Yubo giving a lecture on aerospace science around the Chinese space station at Wenchang Middle School.
Photo courtesy of Wang Yubo
From 2022, Wang Yubo's team began to go all over the country to do public welfare science popularization of aerospace knowledge.
Today, they have been to primary and secondary schools in Hainan, Shandong and Guizhou.
What impressed Wang Yubo the most were the children in the mountains of Guizhou. The children's thirst for knowledge about the outside world infected Wang Yubo.
When Wang Yubo took out the rocket model, every child was very curious and fascinated by the unknown universe and starry sky. Many children even planted the dream seeds of "I want to be an astronaut when I grow up".
This inspired Wang Yubo deeply. While chasing rockets with his friends, his small team began to plan to establish the Wenchang Aerospace Science Popularization Association to promote aerospace knowledge to more people.
They hope that while exploring the stars and oceans to pursue their personal aerospace dreams, they can also pass on the seeds of this dream to more people, so that more people can approach aerospace, love aerospace, and pay attention to China's aerospace industry.
"At present, China's space station has completed the construction in orbit, and more launch missions will be implemented in the future." Wang Yubo said that China's space industry is constantly developing, space exploration will never end, and the road to dreaming will never stop. Their "chasing rockets" Hobbies and careers, like the Wenchang Space Launch Site, will welcome more opportunities and greater development in the future.
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