중국은 2010년 이전에 여성비행사를 우주에 보낼 계획이라고 밝혔습니다.
중국유인우주계획의 수석부책임자 후쉬시앙은 중국관영 영자신문 차이나데일리와의 회견에서 30명의 여성 우주비행 후보들이 이미 선발된 상태라고 말했습니다.
내년에 개시될 평가작업은 여성 비행사 후보 숫자를 네 명으로 압축할 것으로 알려졌습니다.
(영문)
China says it plans to send women into space no later than 2010.
The Deputy Chief Commander of China's manned space program, Hu Shixiang, told the state-owned China Daily newspaper that 30 women have already been chosen for evaluation.
A selection process, slated to begin next year, will trim that number to four. While the country's first group of male astronauts were all former pilots, Mr. Hu said China will focus on selecting women with strong backgrounds in science and engineering.
China put its first astronaut into orbit in 2003, and plans to launch two more on an orbit mission this October.