After Yang Liwei returned to Earth, why didn't he go to heaven and appear at 17? What the hell happened to him?

This is mainly because Yang Liwei, as the first man in manned space flight in China, has precious symbolic significance to China's space career, so his personal value relative to the country has quietly changed since the moment he returned to Earth.

Today, Yang Liwei exists more as a "humanoid milestone" of China's aerospace industry. Even if you just take care of yourself, you are contributing to the country and are not suitable for going to heaven again.

Besides, people have appeared many times over the years.

Yang Liwei made many appearances at the National Day Gala. After many years, I still remember it clearly-

I was a pupil when Shenzhou 5 first went into space. President Cao, who is black and fat, personally told all the teachers and students on the radio: There is no lecture today, please turn on the TV and tune in. ...

I don't remember clearly what was said in the middle, but I remember that at last we were asked to write a review with the theme of "space hero Yang Liwei".

Although I didn't fully understand the significance of this matter to our country and nation at that time, it didn't prevent this matter from taking root in my mind.

In a blink of an eye 17 years have passed.

Although Yang Liwei has never personally carried out a manned space mission since Shenzhou 5's successful return, he has appeared on TV more than once in many National Day celebrations over the years.

In the promotional film of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, there is a segment about "Family portrait of China astronauts", which includes Yang Liwei.

In 2009, it happened to be the 60th anniversary of the National Day. On that day, the capital arranged 60 floats to parade in the streets to increase the festive atmosphere. One of the representatives on the floats was Yang Liwei.

20 16 After Tiangong-2 was successfully put into orbit, Yang Liwei introduced the follow-up work arrangement of Tiangong-2 to the audience in front of the TV as "Deputy Director of China Manned Space Engineering Office".

At the National Day Gala of CCTV on 20 17, Yang Liwei had a recitation program called "Nine Days in Heaven and Earth" to encourage young people to become successors to China's space industry.

The example mentioned above is only in my mind, and the number of times it actually appears on TV is definitely far more than I know.

There have been subtle changes in Yang Liwei's work. In fact, the reason why people have the illusion of "why didn't Yang Liwei appear" is largely because Yang Liwei has never been to heaven since God Five.

Of course, in fact, in the later manned space mission, Yang Liwei was also involved, but the division of labor changed subtly.

The "China astronauts" we often talk about are not specifically astronauts who carry out manned flight plans, but refer to the whole group in the industry.

Broadly speaking, all the staff who have contributed to China's space industry can be said to be astronauts, whether you are an aerospace engineer engaged in aerospace engineering design, an aerospace-level professional technician engaged in aerospace high-precision welding, or a technical operator who stares at computer data analysis all day.

It is precisely because of the hard work and selfless dedication of these space workers that China's space industry has achieved such healthy and vigorous development in recent years.

It is not entirely accurate to say that the nature of astronauts' work can be roughly divided into "work in front of the stage" and "work behind the scenes", and the difference between them is as the name suggests.

Just like Yang Liwei before Shenzhou 5 went to heaven.

Although he mainly receives the professional training of astronauts behind the scenes, such as physique, theoretical knowledge, psychology, environmental endurance and adaptability, spacecraft technology and so on are all topics he needs to train and learn.

However, because astronauts often need to make public appearances with the media last day, on the whole, he is more similar to the work in front of the stage.

After the return of Shenzhou V, the work content of Yang Liwei has quietly changed subtly.

He no longer needs to be a first-line astronaut to perform the mission to the sky, but turned to the "behind-the-scenes work" positions such as deputy director of the astronaut training center and deputy commander of the manned spaceflight project astronaut system.

Because of Yang Liwei's special significance in the development of China's space industry, the probability of his appearing on TV during the National Day holiday will be greatly increased.

In other words, Yang Liwei is in a "behind the scenes" position, but he still needs to show his face in front of the camera from time to time and do "in front of the stage" work! It's really too difficult!

Yang Liwei is of great symbolic significance to China's space industry. When an individual is deeply related to the historical process of the country, in a sense, this individual is not entirely his own.

This is the case with Yang Liwei now.

In fact, he himself has always had a very persistent desire for spacewalking, but now he has become the "mascot" of China's space industry because he is the "first man in manned space flight in China", so he is naturally no longer suitable for carrying out the mission in heaven.

There is always pay and gain.

Conclusion:

To sum up, although Yang Liwei hasn't gone to heaven in person since 17, he still shines for China's space industry behind the scenes.

Moreover, Yang Liwei not only helps China Aerospace Department train more outstanding astronauts behind the scenes, but also often appears on TV as "the face of China's space industry" and cooperates with the media to carry out some publicity work in front of the stage.

Let's praise all Chinese astronauts!