How Hong Kong’s first astronaut triggered a space education race

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Lai Ka-ying, Hong Kong's first astronaut and China’s first female payload specialist, has inspired a surge in aerospace and satellite-design education interest. Industry leaders are advocating for immersive education facilities as a result of this historic space mission.

Lai Ka-ying’s selection as Hong Kong’s first astronaut has sparked a more than threefold surge in aerospace and satellite-design course inquiries at a learning centre, while industry leaders have called for sites to be refitted as immersive education facilities. Lai, a police superintendent who has also become China’s first female payload specialist, made her historic journey into space on Sunday with the launch of the Shenzhou-23 mission. Jeffrey Ho, CEO of Star Club Scientist Education, said...