中国的神舟十六号飞船即将发射，三名宇航员中一个新面孔非常引人注目。他是桂海潮，北京航空大学教授、博士生导师。他是一名载荷专家，也将成为中国第一个登陆太空的科学家。【外语那点事·中英双语阅读·高中难度】

从2500名候选人中脱颖而出

桂海潮出生于1986年，本科、硕士、博士阶段都就读于北京航空航天大学宇航学院飞行器设计专业。博士毕业后，出国3年，做博士后研究，然后通过人才引进计划，回到北航从事教学和研究工作。发表过30篇SCI索引论文，获得发明专利两项，主导十余项科研项目，是实打实的科学家。

通过海选，从2500名候选人中脱颖而出，成为18位预备宇航员中的一员，也是入选的4名载荷专家中的一位。

中国要把科研工作搬到太空

桂海潮有个梦想，他说：“我曾经梦想着，有一天能把自己热爱的科研工作搬到太空去。2018年当得知我国要选拔首批载荷专家，我毫不犹豫报了名”。

桂海潮的梦想，也是中国航天人的梦想。中国建设的空间站，有大量的实验设，如实验柜、从事生命科学、物理、材料学的设备，还有原子钟等精密设备，需要真正的科学家去实验。传统意义上的航天员，多为飞行员出身，中国以往的航天员也不例外。这一次引入科学家作为航天员，是一次意义重大的尝试。

科学家进入中国空间站只是开始

科学家进入中国空间站只是开始，中国未来准备选拔更多的科学家进入空间站。

在载荷专家方面，中国不仅仅会在大陆地区选拔，还会在香港和澳门地区进行选拔，根据公开信息，中国的第四批航天员选拔活动，就有十多名来自香港和澳门地区的候选人进入复选阶段。

我们也可以预见，未来也会有更多其他领域的科学家通过选拔进入太空，在中国的空间站进行科学实验。

我们甚至可以i猜测，随着中国太空事业的国际合作，未来也可能开放外国科学家进入中国空间站的申请。

英文版：Gui Haichao heads to space, becoming China's first scientist to land in space, attracting attention.

China's Shenzhou-16 spacecraft is about to launch, and one of the three astronauts is a new face that has attracted a lot of attention. He is Gui Haichao, a professor and doctoral supervisor at Beihang University in Beijing. He is a payload expert and will also become China's first scientist to land in space.

Standing out from 2,500 candidates

Born in 1986, Gui studied aircraft design at the School of Astronautics at Beihang University for his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. After obtaining his doctorate, he went abroad for three years as a postdoctoral researcher before returning to Beihang University through talent introduction programs to engage in teaching and research work. He has published 30 SCI-indexed papers, obtained two invention patents, led more than ten scientific research projects, and is a true scientist.

Through selection, he stood out among 2,500 candidates and became one of the 18 reserve astronauts and one of the four selected payload experts.

China aims to move research into space

Gui Haichao has a dream. He said: "I once dreamed of being able to move my beloved scientific research work into space someday. When I learned in 2018 that our country was selecting the first batch of payload experts, I signed up without hesitation."

Gui Haichao's dream is also the dream of Chinese astronauts. The space station China is building has many experimental facilities, such as experimental cabinets, equipment dedicated to life sciences, physics, materials science, and precision equipment such as atomic clocks. They need real scientists to experiment with them. Traditionally, astronauts have mainly been pilots, and China's previous astronauts were no exception. This time, introducing scientists as astronauts is a significant attempt.

Scientists entering China's space station are just the beginning

Scientists entering China's space station are just the beginning. China plans to select more scientists to enter the space station in the future.

In terms of payload experts, China will not only select within the mainland but also select candidates from Hong Kong and Macao. According to public information, more than ten candidates from Hong Kong and Macao entered the second round of selection in China's fourth batch of astronaut selection.

We can also forecast that in the future, there will be more scientists from other fields entering space through selection to conduct scientific experiments in China's space station.

We can even speculate that with China's international cooperation in space, foreign scientists may be allowed to apply to enter China's space station in the future.