Lai Ka-ying, 黎嘉英, is the first Hong Kong native to be allowed to fly a space mission for Xi’s China. She will be aboard the Chinese space station Tiangong by the afternoon today, US time.
This flight also brings some human stem cells, a live and dividing line — to the Chinese space station — for the study of zero-g and radiation effects, on such things as human embryoes — to inform some hundreds of years distant mission — to transport dividing zygotes in space (to ultimately colonize an exo-planet, presumably).
Here is NPR, on all the latest:
…China launched the Shenzhou 23 spacecraft Sunday night with three astronauts heading to its space station, including one set to stay in space for a year.
The spacecraft blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China. The much-anticipated launch comes as China prepares for its first crewed lunar landing by 2030.
The astronauts on the mission are Zhu Yangzhu, the commander, Zhang Zhiyuan and Lai Ka-ying, also identified by Chinese authorities as Li Jiaying using the Mandarin transliteration of her name….
Now you know — with a hefty slab of Genghis Khan’s Mongolian Ribs® ahead on the grill — along with four slabs of regular western BBQ ribs, brats, chicken and cheeseburgers — I predict a meat poisoning, later this afternoon. . . but a root beer float to finish all the excesses off with, to be certain. [Still, some shaved brussel sprout salad, and quinoa salad to offer some greenage.] Family fun ahead on the deck — should be 80 degrees by 4 pm. Woot!
There will be no news of ebola deaths reaching 220, nor gunfire at treatment centers, to break up arsonists’ attacks. No, not today. No hantavirus or mpox. Nope. Onward. Today is for barbeque — and then some ice skating with grand-nieces, at the rink about a quarter-mile up the street, to cool off… Out.
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