Science & technology to excite more Chinese

Certainly, the very successful launch of Shenzhou-9 spacecraft can be expected to make science and technology more attractive to ordinary people, including many grandmothers, in the Chinese-speaking world. The launch was broadcast live to the world by China''s TV news and in the next two weeks, 'many more educative programmes will be aired. Yesterday also marked the 49th anniversary of Soviet's brave woman Valentina Tereshkova becoming the first female astronaut 'in history.