Spacebound Malaysia…
June 6th, 2007 by Nick Tay
And so its Confirmed, we are going to send somebody to space. And now that their original plan to make Teh-Tarik and Roti Cannai in space has been cancelled due to public outcry, they are going to run “Scientific Experiments” in space. My question is, “What Exactly are those experiments?” and “Do we really need to be doing them?”. We as a nation really love to spend money on things that add no value whatsover to the Nation as a whole. Unless its a cure for Cancer they are experimenting in space, or something that will make the Malaysian economy bloom, I honestly think the money should be used for something more useful, like perhaps Increasing the number of Policemen so that crime would go down, or something like that. I fear however, we will never see a return on this space investment. It will all be burned up like the Rocket Fuel used.
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Off to space on Oct 2KUALA LUMPUR: Our Malaysian astronaut will be launched into space on Oct 2, said Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis.
It was earlier reported that the selected candidate – either Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, 34, or Kapten Dr Faiz Khaleed, 26, – would be leaving for the International Space Station on Oct 6.
It is learnt that the changes were made by the Russian Space Agency.
Dr Jamaluddin also said that the two candidates, who are in Russia, would be returning on June 18 for about a month.
“They will be meeting our local scientists on how to conduct scientific research in space.
“They will also meet Malaysian youths to impart the importance of studying science subjects while in school. I will be meeting the Education Minister (Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein) to see how this can be arranged,†he told the press at a function yesterday.
Dr Jamaluddin said the candidates would return to Russia for their survival training, before leaving for Nasa in the United States for their American training module from July 23 to 27.
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June 6th, 2007 at 11:59 am
I have long been questioning the government’s space initiatives. I know many others who oppose the idea, too. And the government has the guts to say they’ve no money for the biometric system to be used during voting (and the use of ink was proposed instead). This is just one example. It’s a screwed, screwed country we’re living in. God knows where all the taxpayers’ money went.
October 11th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
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