James 🇭🇰 Ockenden

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[James 🇭🇰 Ockenden @transit_jam]

Beautiful day!
#Hiace

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@wulei2020 Ms Lai was so relaxed and cheerful. I loved the commentator's remark "so many gestures" when she made the heart sign.... that's what Hongkongers do!

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Very sad about this, I'm quite passionate about the topic-- I wrote a thesis on space sustainability at HKU in 2010, one of the first to tackle the issue there.

Of course, the internet is forever so....
https://t.co/Nmr3l1fUgU

[James 🇭🇰 Ockenden @transit_jam]

China Daily yesterday deleted my 2024 article on space sustainability- an article which was essentially a tribute to Lai Ka-ying's bravery.

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I have my strong suspicions on where the anonymous complaint arose. I'll just say, a lot of NatSec trouble doesn't come from the government, it originates from petty individuals weaponising the paranoia for their own benefit.

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The rendezvous was smooth and Xinhua reports the Shenzhou-21 crew opened the Tiangong hatch at 5.43am Beijing/HK time, welcoming the new arrivals. The station handover will take a few days and the Shenzhou-21 crew will return home on Friday.

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Lai Ka-ying and two crewmates in a convoy on their way to the Jiuquan launch site (2,400km northwest of Hong Kong, 1300km west of the Beijing Control Centre).
https://t.co/nksgCsruY8

[James 🇭🇰 Ockenden @transit_jam]

And the Second Stage ejected, the spacecraft is safely in its planned orbit 👏👏👏

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h/t @NASASpaceflight (who are not covering Shenzhou-23 *cough cough*)

[James 🇭🇰 Ockenden @transit_jam]

@LetsGoGifs much appreciated
https://t.co/spgrbGIuZt

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@MrSimonOsborne I'm watching the CGTN live on Twitter, also a few dedicated Shenzhou-23 live streams on YouTube without the CGTN news breaks eg https://t.co/45smlpaS8T
I would imagine Phoenix/CCTV would be carrying it live on HK TV? Launch is 11:08.

[James 🇭🇰 Ockenden @transit_jam]

Hong Kong's astronaut Lai Ka-ying has boarded the Long March rocket around two hours before planned launch, ga yau!
Lai looked very relaxed and happy, making a "heart" sign before ground crew helped her into the rocket's structure.

[James 🇭🇰 Ockenden @transit_jam]

Lai is the first to enter the rocket