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Our #01 Angkasawan
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Have you been reading the our latest attempt of buying success??
Its called the Angkasawan Program!! On the October 10, 2007 our very own
Angkasawan/Space Tourist. How did this whole thing come along??
Apparently we bought some Sukhoi Su-30 for our defence and it was a freebie that was thrown in, its like getting a free toy when you buy a Happy Meal or maybe we wanted the free ride so we got the Russian gear cause who we kidding, it will take lots of hard work to acheive that isnt it? not our style!?hmmm…ponder about that!!
Lets have a look at a profile of a astronaut in the same mission:
Peggy A Whitson(Ph.D) - Nasa Astronaut - Biography
Now lets have a look at our Angkasawan
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor - “Angkasawan” - Biography
Compare the profiles, i rest my case. What are we trying to acheive by this? Glory? Pride? or bragging rights? Beats Me!
The Russians have declared our angkasawan a”cosmonaut” but Nasa identifies him as a “Spaceflight Participant” .The Russians are definitely going to sell us more Sukhoi Su-30’s with that declaration!
I was wondering what is going to happen when in orbit Wikipedia gave me a run down!
| # | Experiment | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cells in Space | CIS | Study of the effects of microgravity and space radiation on eukaryotic cells focusing on changes in the structure and function at the cellular and molecular levels |
| 2 | Microbes in Space | MIS | Study of the effects of microgravity on motility of bacteria, drug resistances as well as changes in gene expression (using the microarray approach). Expect to show some effects of bacterial growth using a pre-determined minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). |
| 3 | Protein Crystallisation in Space | PCS | The purpose of this experiment is to compare the crystal growth of lipases on Earth with that grown in microgravity. Several test conditions will also be tested to improve the protein crystallisation process on Earth as well as in space. |
| 4 | Malaysian Food in Space | FIS | Increase the variety and quality of food available to Malaysian cosmonaut by identifying new food items (typical Malaysian food). |
| 5 | Study of spinning motions in microgravity environment | TOP | A physics demonstration to show the effect of microgravity on the motions of spinning object using a top. |
| 6 | PR and Symbolics | PAS | PR and Symbolics activities. |
no’s 1-3 sounds deep no’s 4 and 5 are truly Malaysia Boleh activities and i don’t know what no 6 is! I hope the top’s got our flag on it at least and hopefully he doesn’t accidentally drop it :P! If your wondering how much is spent on this whole trip its a mere RM$95Million(USD$26Mil). Imagine what we could do with that kinda doe!
If your remotely interested to read about the Angkasawan Project ,its here!
With all that said, wish our Angkasawan a safe journey and Malaysia Boleh!
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There are 3 comments
¬ Tan
#113 October 8th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
Our guy is prettier tho. Take that Dr Whitson!
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For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.
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