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China mulls sending female astronauts into
space
Tuesday November 01, 2011 10:59:34 AM,
IANS
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Beijing:
China is considering sending female astronauts into space during
its space docking missions next year, a chief designer for the
astronaut programme said Monday.
Two female astronauts have been selected for possible flights when
spacecraft Shenzhou-9 and -10 are scheduled to dock with space lab
module Tiangong-1 in 2012, said Chen Shanguang, director of the
Astronaut Center of China (ACC).
"We must assess both male and female astronauts to verify if human
beings can live in space as there are huge differences between men
and women in spite of their common generalities," Xinhua quoted
Chen as saying.
"Space exploration activities would be incomplete without the
participation of female astronauts," Chen said.
Chen did not disclose the names of the two female astronauts, but
said both of them are married and around 30 years old.
China's manned space programme spokeswoman Wu Ping said at a
Monday press briefing that at least one of the two missions will
be manned.
Wu said nine crew members have already been selected for the two
space docking missions in 2012 and are being trained in manual
docking skills.
Chen said the seven male crew members are from the country's first
batch of 14 astronauts, which includes Yang Liwei, China's first
astronaut in space in 2003.
The two female astronauts are from the second batch of astronauts
from late 2009 and early 2010, according to Chen.
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