A young Mayan was called by the POT to participate in the ambitious dragon fly project, a space mission that will investigate as much as possible about Titan, one of Saturn’s natural satellites. The name of this Mexican science boy is Guillermo Chin Canchewho since childhood had many questions about space, but when his father could no longer answer his questions, he motivated him to find the answers.
Questions about space took Guillermo Chin Canché away
In search of them, the young Mayan finished the engineering in mechatronicsthen a master’s degree in Space Science and Technology. Later, the projects for the Latin American Society of Science and Technologysooner rather than later the call from NASA came.
The mission Dragonflyfor which he was called, consists of sending a flying robot, which will explore Titan, which has earth-like features, with lakes, oceans and rivers, but instead of water they have liquid methane and ethane. It will be in these characteristics that Guillermo will deepen.
Dragonfly, a mission that will give many answers
“We are analyzing the atmospheric dynamics of one of Saturn’s moons, my thesis research work is to model the boundary layer of the atmosphere, there instead of having water, there is methane and we are trying to solve how methane plays an important role in the emergence of life on earth.
“In the project I will give 100% of my heart to raise the name of Campeche, Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula. Here, where the Mayans lived, the best astronomers, mathematicians and architects in the world,” said Chin Canché in an interview.
The pride of being a young Mayan
The young scientist has lived for six years in Ensenada, Baja California. There he studies Physical Oceanography, but he still misses his homeland, Campeche, where he lived with his parents Luis Alberto Chin and María Casimira Canché.
Both supported them by selling pozole to pay for their studies. That is why Guillermo feels a tremendous commitment to them, but also to his town, municipality and state, but above all to his culture, the Mayan.
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