Of course, a few colleges raising their admission scores is hardly big news in China.
The real big news is the question on the minds of the media and international aerospace community: what is New Yuan No. 3 for?
Theoretically, the capabilities of New Yuan-2 and New Yuan-2A were already fully sufficient for space station and Moon missions, and even for New Yuan's publicly announced lunar landing plan, New Yuan No. 3 didn't need to be rushed.
Was it constructed years in advance just to sit there and look pretty? Clearly, the international aerospace community didn't buy that.
In response, New Yuan Aeronautics announced that it would hold a press conference the afternoon following the launch, with the bombshell announcement that President Lin Ju would personally attend to answer questions.
This piqued the interest of the media. After first sending humans into space last year, Lin Ju had kept a very low profile, unlike Ma Yilong, rarely appearing in public.
