How a teenager made a rocket at home using cheap materials

Desk Report: A Chinese teenager from a village has impressed many with his passion for building rockets. This year, he has secured a place in the university’s aerospace engineering department through his persistence and hard work. Zhang Shijie, 18, is from Hunan Province. He became interested in building rockets when he was just 14 years old, sitting with his father and watching a live broadcast of a rocket launch on television. He recently happily announced that he has been admitted to Shenyang Aerospace University, one of China’s leading aerospace research…

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