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China's youngest-ever crew of astronauts heads to space station (www.reuters.com)

submitted 2 years ago by ijeff@lemdro.id to c/space@beehaw.org

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The youngest-ever crew of Chinese astronauts departed for China's space station on Thursday, paving the way for a new generation of "taikonauts" to advance the country's space ambitions in the future.

Launch recording: https://www.youtube.com/live/ppFLhsZsevI?si=bru2kvbUvwKXrsaG

https://piped.kavin.rocks/results?search_query=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Flive%2FppFLhsZsevI%3Fsi%3Dbru2kvbUvwKXrsaG

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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

33 isn't 'young'. They're a mature adult.

[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They did say youngest, not just young. Technically they're right, even though I was also expecting a group of 18 year Olds.

[–] ijeff@lemdro.id 3 points 2 years ago

Interestingly, it seems the average age is around 44.