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Qian Xuesen (钱学森; 11 December 1911 – 31 October 2009; also spelled as Hsue-shen Tsien) was a Chinese aerospace engineer and cyberneticist who made significant contributions to the field of aerodynamics and established engineering cybernetics. He achieved recognition as one of America's leading experts in rockets and high-speed flight ...
Dec 9, 2009 · Perhaps no one better embodies the irony of the cold-war era than Qian Xuesen, also known as Tsien Hsue-shen, the Chinese rocket scientist who died on 31 October at the age of 97.
- Jane Qiu
- 2009
Jun 16, 2022 · Tsien Hsue-shen. 10.1-10 Tsien's talent was recognized during his student years at Jiaotong University in Shanghai. He came to the United States in 1935, first to study engineering at MIT, then to complete his graduate work in aeronautics at Caltech.
Caltech professor Hsue-Shen Tsien endures five years of McCarthy-era investigations before returning to China to become the father of the country's space pro...
Nov 2, 2009 · Tsien Hsue-Shen (Aeronautics PhD '39) was a student of von Kármán and a founder of JPL. He passed away in 2009 and was honored by Caltech for his contributions to science and engineering.
Qian Xuesen (born December 11, 1911, Shanghai, China—died October 31, 2009, Beijing) was a Chinese engineer and research scientist widely recognized as the “father of Chinese aerospace ” for his role in establishing China ’s ballistic missile program.
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Qian Xuesen was a Chinese aerodynamicist and cyberneticist who worked at Caltech and MIT. He contributed to rocket science and engineering cybernetics, and later founded China's missile and space program.
