Malaysia's Space Programme? WTH is that?

Ok...this is fair enough for Malaysia to be proud for having the first Angkasawan and starting our baby-space-race.

But really, should we enjoy all this glorious moment?

In our small small Malaysia, with the general public views and world critics about us being censored by our nice elected and beloved Government, all we see and awared of is restricted to the Government's propaganda.

Sorry to say that lar...but it's kinda true sometimes if you read what the world has said about our media in my previous entry.

Even NASA have their say about our Angkasawan, of which sadly, they refered to as...space participant, aka peserta angkasa.

(The Expedition 16 crew members pose for a portrait at the Johnson Space Center. From the left (front row) are Russia's Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, flight engineer and Soyuz commander; astronaut Peggy Whitson, commander; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor. From the left (back row) are European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Léopold Eyharts, astronaut Garrett Reisman and astronaut Dan Tani, all flight engineers.)

It is kinda true enough. How could have we spend billions of Taxpayers' Ringgit and blast a handsome surgeon cum part-time model, whom never have any space engineering, nor not even at least aeronautic science background into space?

To me, he's kinda just like some winner whom we got from programmes like the Survivor or Apprentice.

Maybe it's not right for me to say so lar, cause I haven't do any research on the types of exam they have gone through to get into this space programme. But if it's really so, correct me please, somebody...I mean, if you have really follow up with their progress ALL the time.

As I know, these should be our Angkasawan's primary mission in space:

• Cells in space – To study the effects of microgravity and space radiation on cancer cells with the aim of learning more about cell behaviour and activity, and tissue repair;
• Microbes in space – To study the effects of microgravity and space radiation on bacterial growth, drug resistance and the genetic mechanisms controlling them; and
• Protein crystallisation in space – To crystallise two proteins to study their molecular structures, and obtain new information for future industrial applications.

And....this is what we got as a result....

MOSCOW: With one day to his return to earth, Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor has to do a lot of systematic packing of his cargo besides terminating the last three experiments.

He gets to bring back just 7kg of load that includes six experiment kits, a kit containing 14 symbolic items, videotapes and camera flash card as well as 200g of his personal items.

...NOTHING...

Nothing....but our Angkasawan's journey documentary.

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Geez...I wonder when who will be the next lucky one for the all-expenses-paid trip to space next, WITH our tax money. When's the audition anyway? I would like to take part too.

Sarcastic? Maybe I am afterall.....and certainly I'm not proud of it at all.

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My Extra Sayz...

Really...unless we are going into medical space science studies with SUCCESSFUL missions by blasting off more doctors, I will never think it's a good idea to send a second Angkasawan. Please...don't support our money to go down the drain again. It ain't cheap.

~Che3Rz~