[FPSPACE] Chinese antisatellite missile designers honored

[Igor Lissov]

Allen,

> A kindly cyberspatial entity has passed along the SCMP article. The relevant parts follow.
>  
> In a grand ceremony in the Great Hall of the People, President Hu Jintao presented the 2008 State Top Scientific and Technological Invention Award to a Dalian University of Technology team.
> Their award was for developing a radome, a spherical structure that covers the antenna of a missile's radar. The technology was key to the success of the 2007 missile test, rocket experts said.
> "We can't hit any satellites without this technology," a senior researcher at a Beijing technical university told the South China Morning Post. Three other Beijing-based space scientists confirmed to the Post that the technology was behind the anti-satellite missile.
> [snip]
> The office of Guo Dongming, leader of the Dalian scientific team, said they would not accept overseas media interviews because the technology they developed was related to defence secrets.

I was able to found the lists of awards from the January 9 ceremony
earlier but these were too long to make a search. Now that yuo've got 
names I can say that the achievement in question is listed F-216-1-01 at

http://scitech.people.com.cn/GB/8650298.html (in Chinese)

Babelfish translate gives:

Title: Hard crisp material complex surface components precise technique of manufacture and equipment
Authors: Guo Dongming, Jia Zhenyuan, Kang Renke, Wang Yongqing, Sheng Xianjun (all from Dalian University of Science and Technology), and Yu Huilong (25th institute, 2nd Academy, Astronautics science and industry group).
Recommended by: Ministry of Education

Sincerely,
Igor Lissov