Via Ecns.cn, here’s a photo of a model space shuttle and rocket on a rooftop in Jiexi, Guangdong province, reportedly built by a 60-year-old farmer named Huang Yuzhan. We love everything about this: as a celebration of the can-do spirit, the very human tendency to detach from our worldly fetters and drift and spin alongside imagination as boundless as the pale blue sky, and as a simple expression of craftsmanship, patience, and (dare I say?) innovation. This photo deserves a song.
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much (she knows!)
Ground Control to Major Huang
Your circuit’s dead, there’s something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Huang?
Can you hear me, Major Huang?
Can you hear me, Major Huang? …
Rocket model on rooftop (Ecns.cn)
Should be Major Wang…as in Wang Wei. And should be sung by Xi J.P.s tai tai