8X Việt wants to bring people out into space

In addition to producing flying instruments carrying research equipment, Pham Gia Vinh also wishes to bring people into the stratosphere to travel and serve science.

Pham Gia Vinh - a young scientist who wants to bring people out into space

These days, young scientist Pham Gia Vinh (Hanoi) is busy with the community to prepare for the next test of flying devices that can bring scientific research equipment to the stratosphere of the Earth. Previously, Dong Giang Vietnam Joint Stock Company was led by him to design and successfully manufacture flying tools weighing 600kg, ceiling from 30 to 50km to surprise public opinion and the Vietnamese scientific community.

Vinh said that the project of designing and manufacturing stratospheric flying tools was deployed according to the orders of partners in foreign countries. They invited bidders to participate in high-tech solutions, bringing scientific research equipment to the stratosphere (with a height of 20km or more) for a minimum of 3 hours.

Flying instruments on display in Singapore.(Photo: NVCC).

In addition to meeting the requirements of partners, Vinh's company also improved when it came up with a solution to control the landing position and recover safety equipment, without affecting people and houses. Meanwhile, some of the same products of other companies around the world recover their equipment by using whether it is support or weather-dependent.

Parts of flying instruments are mainly produced in Vietnam, as the most important part is the landing compartment, the equipment safety recovery system . There are a number of parts that are made overseas because they do not transfer technology or find it hard to get components, and human resources in Vietnam do not meet.

In theory, technology solutions fully meet the requirements but the product is still in the development and testing phase."The product has 4 basic systems, so it has to go through at least 5 times of testing , " Vinh said and said until now he is still testing every detail, each component, each device independently before integrating all parts in the final test. If any part is not compatible, you must find a way to fix it.

1. Vietnamese guy successfully built spacecraft into space

Up to now, the product has undergone three tests: testing the control system, testing the environmental maintenance capability of the flight instrument and testing the communication system. During the second test flight, the flying device brought three mice to the stratosphere at an altitude of 29.5km for nearly 2 hours and returned safely.

All tests are conducted in Hyderabad (India) and the fourth test in November will take place in Alice Springs (Australia). This time, the team will test the device recovery system. If all goes well, air tools will ensure safety and control, then Vinh will bring back to the country to perform, affirming that Vietnam can fully master the technology, not inferior to other countries.

Not stopping at the production of flying tools, Pham Gia Vinh has a further plan."The next step will be to bring people into the stratosphere for scientific research and tourism. The project will be published in detail after the successful flight tests in 2016 , " he said.

Pham Gia Vinh at Singapore Airshow T2 - 2014. (Photo: NVCC).

In the young Vietnamese science world, the name Pham Gia Vinh is associated with unmanned aircraft. 14 years old, Vinh made model airplanes and 26-year-old exported products to European countries. He is passionate about airplanes since childhood. In 1992, 9-year-old Gia Vinh followed his parents to Germany, had contact with remote control planes and was "addicted" ever since.

Graduating from high school, Vinh is puzzled between aviation engineering and automatic control. Finally, he chose to control automatically because he realized it would be a key industry of Vietnam later. Obtaining a master's degree in automatic control in France, Vinh returned to Vietnam. Desiring to combine the two passions of automatic control and model aircraft, he founded a company specializing in unmanned aircraft.

The company's main products are still unmanned aerial vehicles and automatic robot equipment. Vinh's company is fully owned from design to production, in addition to a number of products required by customers such as flying tools that bring scientific research equipment into the stratosphere.

Currently, what the student in 1983 is concerned about is when equipment and technology like the project he is working on in Vietnam."The product also needs the help of domestic scientists to combine research and propose specific applications suitable for each science. If the application is considered, how will it be applied? Foreign countries are interested, why not Vietnam? " , he asked the question.

Sharing in the position of both studying science and doing business, Vinh hopes that his "spirit child" is respected and put into practical application. According to him, individuals, collectives, and private businesses need to be viewed fairly when placing on the "balance table" with state units.