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“Qian Xuesen, the father of the Chinese Space Program, studied in the United States, and he was a protégé of Theodore Von Carmen's at Cal Tech and helped start the jet propulsion laboratory there, and then he got caught up in the anti-communism wave and was accused of being a spy and was actually deported back to China where he built from nothing, their entire missile and space program. So, in a way, in a very real way, the United States in trying to protect so-called protect our secrets and throwing this guy out of the country, we helped seed and start the Chinese missile program.”

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Leroy Chiao
Leroy Chiao

Leroy Chiao is an American engineer born on August 28, 1960. He is renowned for his exceptional contributions to the field of space exploration, serving as an astronaut for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and participating in multiple space missions. more

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