science fiction author arthur c. clarke, in his novel "," named a chinese spaceship after him. the science fiction novel series "the expanse" by james s. a. corey also named a martian spaceship after him (mcrn xuesen). in the 1981 novel " noble house" by james clavell, the american-chinese scientist who defected to china and helped develop the first atom bomb for china, dr. joseph yu, is a fictionalized version of dr. qian xuesen.