Listen to Yang Liwei's unknown story 2011-09-012: 41:59 Source: print preview of Sohu. When I saw the home of the earth through the window, I was deeply attracted by this magnificent sight, and my heart was filled with pride as a China person. Recently, the second "China Home" children's summer camp entered the Children's Library of the National Library for the first time. As an important part of the summer camp, the Jinwen Children's Forum opened on the same day. Major General Yang Liwei, China's first astronaut and space hero, gave a keynote speech entitled "The Road to Flying" and had an exchange with 260 children from 56 ethnic groups in China. The wonderful question and answer won thunderous applause from the audience again and again.

Yang Liwei reviewed the development process of China's manned spaceflight project based on his own personal experience, and told the children a lot of space knowledge such as the system composition of manned spaceflight project, the training and selection process of astronauts and so on in easy-to-understand language. At the same time, he also shared his precious short films in space with the children.

"After layers of selection, the astronauts who were finally selected should conduct closed training all the year round. They can't go home and eat out. " The pain of astronaut training described by Yang Liwei is unimaginable: simulating weightlessness in space is an important training. Weightlessness can make people's blood and body fluids run to the head instantly, causing brain swelling, stuffy nose and bloodshot eyes. In order to adapt to the weightless environment, astronauts have to bow their heads in bed, that is, their heads are 6 degrees lower than their feet, and they have to lie down for 60 days in this environment. After training, people can't stand up at all.

"Have you ever been on a roller coaster in an amusement park? That acceleration brings a load of 2G. The ascent and return of the spacecraft also have to go through the overload process, but the pilot instantly bears the pressure brought by acceleration, which is 8G, which is equivalent to 8 times his own weight. When you do this training on a large centrifuge, the pressure will deform your face and you will shed tears involuntarily. Pilots carry out business operations according to regulations with one hand and hold the alarm with the other hand, because their lives are in danger at any time during training. If the alarm is sounded, the training will be automatically suspended. " Yang Liwei said, "Up to now, after training for 14 years, none of these astronauts sounded an alarm during training. If there is no love for the country and the nation, and there is no love for the aerospace industry, it is impossible to bear such great pain. The reason why we can persist is that the manned space spirit that is particularly hard-working, especially capable of fighting, especially tackling key problems, and particularly dedicated supports us. " The story of the astronaut deeply touched the hearts of every child in the audience. They expressed their love and reverence for space heroes with warm applause again and again.

"Uncle Yang, what was your childhood dream?" "What did you think of when Shenzhou 5 took off?" "Can you see Tiananmen Square and the Great Wall from space?" After the lecture, Yang Liwei interacted with the children. "In the face of difficulties and setbacks in study and life, we should keep in mind" ideals and persistence ",establish ideals from childhood, but more importantly, persist!" He encouraged the children to study hard for the honor of the motherland and the rejuvenation of the nation. At the report meeting, the Children's Library of the National Library also presented children with small gifts and a book entitled "Nine Days of Heaven and Earth" signed by Yang Liwei.