₦airaland Forum

China's 11-year-old 'rocket boy' has written over 600 lines of code and taught himself programming, physics, and chemistry. He also built his first homemade solid-fuel rocket.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU9NuK9ioG0?si=nxJ9tnOIhrVHkTL3


An 11-year-old boy named Yan Hongsen from China is being hailed as a prodigy after teaching himself programming, physics, and chemistry to build a rocket with 600 lines of code. Hongsen, who has earned the nickname “Rocket Boy,” is a primary five student.

According to the South China Morning Post, Hongsen has been sharing his journey on Douyin, a Chinese social media platform. His fascination with rockets and astronomy began at the age of four after visiting a launch center and witnessing the Long March-2 liftoff.

Hongsen started learning programming in kindergarten and taught himself physics and chemistry through books, online videos, and forums with astronomy enthusiasts. Encouraged by his eagerness to learn, his parents converted their living room into a rocket research studio.

In August 2022, Hongsen began building his first homemade rocket. Although it crashed during its launch in June last year, he analyzed the debris to understand what went wrong. “The nitrocellulose didn’t explode as expected; the spring and lithium battery were also damaged. Maybe there is still an issue with the rocket’s body connection,” he told the South China Morning Post.

His father described the maiden launch as a success despite the crash, expressing excitement and pride in his son’s calm and determined demeanor. Currently, Hongsen is working on modifying his second rocket model. He has written over 600 lines of code for its flight control system and aspires to develop a genuine rocket for China in the future. Hongsen dreams of enrolling in one of China’s elite civilian defense institutes to further his passion for space exploration.


https://thedailyguardian.com/11-year-old-prodigy-builds-rocket-with-600-lines-of-code/

As in... rocket can get to the moon or its a toy rocket

In Africa, they would have forced religion into his brain instead of science

His mates in Nigeria are singing "I will pray, I will pray, if I don't pray, Satan will make mess of me.

Yet Nigerians are busy garnering useless Guinness Records.

Kai lord! Truly, i always shed tears seeing our younger ones wasting away just like that. Parent are busy filling their mind with religion turning them out to be parasite, complainers and pessimites.

My neighbors 11yrs old, him mother still dey wash his clothes, said he's still young and don't know much yet. His mother thinks until he's 18 before he will learn to do things on his own.

lanre316:
His mates in Nigeria are singing "I will pray, if I don't pray, Satan will make mess of me.

..

Chai, see where earth for gave birth to me.

I also built so many things when i was a kid

We also built things when we were kids, but just too bad that Nigeria, been a Rubbish country would never invest in a Little child.
WTH, we have talents till date that has never and probably would never see the face of light.

Curdlebug:
As in... rocket can get to the moon or its a toy rocket

Imagine the nonsense PR

Nice

We don’t need technology and all that

The Bible and Koran has everything we need and it is sufficient for us in Nigeria

lanre316:
His mates in Nigeria are singing "I will pray, I will pray, if I don't pray, Satan will make mess of me.

honestly I feel like stoning you
Prayer upholds all human endeavors

Commit your way to the lord in all your doings

tester123:
honestly I feel like stoning you
Prayer upholds all human endeavors

Commit your way to the lord in all your doings

Come and stone me, mumu.

Hypocrite is talking about committing ways to lord yet stoning a fellow human being.

That's why Nigeria won't be as developed as China. We only know religion and hypocrisy. Nothing else.

lanre316:
His mates in Nigeria are singing "I will pray, I will pray, if I don't pray, Satan will make mess of me.

What did you do when you were 11?

lanre316:
Come and stone me, mumu.

Hypocrite is talking about committing ways to lord yet stoning a fellow human being.

That's why Nigeria won't be as developed as China. We only know religion and hypocrisy. Nothing else.

I feel embarrassed never knew this forum admits toddlers so sorry