In the history of exploration, Lai Ka-ying is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Lai Ka-ying as Hong Kong astronaut (born 1982).
Lai Ka-ying was born at British Hong Kong in 1982. Her recorded nationality is People's Republic of China.
Modern exploration moved to the places the body cannot survive unaided: the deep ocean, the upper atmosphere and orbit, reached by engineering as much as by nerve.
She is recorded as astronaut, police officer and researcher.
Distance was the hardest problem of the pre-modern world, and it was solved by people willing to risk it.
Recognition followed: Spaceflight Exploit Medal.
Lai Ka-ying is still active, and the record of the career is not yet closed.
Achievements
- Spaceflight Exploit Medal
- Recorded as astronaut, police officer and researcher
