China held her first classroom from space as part of her efforts to promote the crewed space flight program among young people.
Talking to students via live video, China’s second female astronaut, Wang Yaping expounded physics in zero gravity using a ball, water, spinning tops and a colleague as study aids.
Over 330 primary and secondary school students at a Beijing high school participated in the historic event, some of the students were able to ask questions as they watched her illuminate the theory of weight and mass in space.
In response to the questions, Ms. Wang stated that they could see the sun rise 16 times a day because we circle the earth every 90 minutes. She further revealed that the stars are much bigger than we think and that they do not twinkle.
Ms. Wang informed the engrossed students that the sky isn’t blue but black and so far they had not seen or encountered any UFO’s. The class lasted for 51minutes.
An estimated 60 million students and teachers across the country watched the lecture live.
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