0 SHARES Share TweetThe question of why only the Chinese language is used on China’s space station has sparked controversy on Quora, a social question-and-answer website, as the world is paying attention to China’s successful launch of the Wentian lab module to its space station. For example, an account under the name Jim Bertagnolli, who is a retired technician, replied, “Most of the Chinese space program is manned by Chinese engineers and scientists. What language do you think they would choose to speak?”Bertagnolli added, “And more people speak Mandarin Chinese than any other language. The heated discussions have raised another question: What would foreign astronauts do if they were going to the Chinese space station? Last week, Tricia L. Larose tweeted that she will board the Chinese space station for a 31-day mission.

Source: Daily Nation July 29, 2022 07:43 UTC