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11 October 2007 27 Comments

Ha..ha.. no, I did not create that word .

Pictures of Soyuz launching Whatever they call it, angkasawan, astronaut, cosmonaut or even a spaceflight participant, a Malaysian, Dr Sheikh Muszaphar, is now in space and I have something to brag to my kiasu Singaporean friends. Ha..ha.. your egos are going to get busted, but before that, any Singaporean been to Mars, moon or space yet?

At exactly 9.23pm last night the Soyuz FG rocket launcher, carrying the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft, blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Soyuz TMA-11 is scheduled to dock to the International Space Station on October 12, 2007. Dr Sheikh Muszaphar will study the effects of microgravity and space radiation on cells and microbes, and experiments with proteins for a potential HIV vaccine. Luckily no teh tarik or menebar roti canai in outer space. Whatever he does, I wonder what happens when he goes to toilets? No gravity, remember?

Are we spending to much of this expedition? MYR 95 Million is a lot of money, but according to the National Angkasawan Program, the Russian Government is bearing all costs. The program is part of an offset agreement between Malaysia and Russia in relation to Malaysia’s purchase of Russian-made Sukhoi-30MKM fighter jets. The Russian government offered this to sweeten the deal on the purchased made by our Air Force.

This will be another first for Malaysia and it should be enough to spurs our young generation to achieve more in the future. We already sent a man, maybe a spacecraft of our own after this.

Picture is from Nasa. You can find pictures of Dr Sheikh Muszaphar at the Angkasawan blog. If you missed the Soyuz launch last night, here’s the video :

[tags] ISS, NASA, astronaut, cosmonaut, space, sukhoi, air force, Soyuz, video of launch [/tags]

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kucau said:

yes its an important mission,a first step to long journey of battle in science and tech. if anybody think this is a waste of public fund, please use any single cent of my contributed income tax.

Well, if we want any significant mileage in science and tech , the critical answer would be INVESTMENT. Unlike idiotic mission to top of Everest and lone crossing in antartica, this mission is all about scientific journey. not just for pure “bangga” sake.

azwan reply on October 11th, 2007 8:36 AM:

I know how you feel, I wanted to say something about Azhar Mansor and also the guy who swan across somewhere in this blog last night but tak jadi. That was a totally stupid mission. Malaysia should be concentrating on missions that benefit the country as a whole not just for someone aiming for the datukship.

By the way, he mentioned Saint Paul (my primary and secondary school) in the Angkasawan blog, looks like he still remembers us

# 11 October 2007 at 6:55 AM

zool said:

Congrats for our angkasawan…
Hope he get something from the journey and help our country..

# 11 October 2007 at 9:04 AM

chot said:

bangga aku sbg rakyat malaysia!

# 11 October 2007 at 9:58 AM

Fahmishah said:

aku pon turut bangga!

noor_azwan reply on February 2nd, 2008 8:57 PM:

asalamualaikum

azwan reply on February 2nd, 2008 9:20 PM:

waalaikumsalam

# 11 October 2007 at 10:34 AM

am said:

i’m proud to be malaysian….

# 11 October 2007 at 11:36 AM

azwan said:

aku pun memang bangga menjadi rakyat Malaysia

# 11 October 2007 at 11:36 AM

sebol said:

Malaysia Beli sukhoi
Singapura beli Apache

Tapi Malaysia dapat free ride ke ISS
Singapore tak dapat .

hehehe

azwan reply on October 11th, 2007 11:39 PM:

Biarkan mereka dengan Apache mereka .. ha .. ha .. ha

# 11 October 2007 at 9:26 PM

abdfatah said:

apohal banyak sangat orang cari pasal citer angkasawan berkenaan gambar-gambar angkasawan negara? sampaikan dapat trafik sehingga 1000 sehari… banyak wooooooooooooooo….. untuk dua tiga hari terkini…

abdfatah reply on October 12th, 2007 12:41 AM:

kalo yang dah sedia popular maka berkepul2 pulok komen yang datang menjenguk… jeles aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa….. hihiiii… nak hambik citer video pulok nak letak. takder citer video pelancaran lagi…

abdfatah reply on October 12th, 2007 6:48 AM:

lepas nih turun pulok laa kalo dah takder yang jenguk… hahahahhaa

azwan reply on October 12th, 2007 11:54 AM:

ha..ha..ha.. apa yang kau repekkan ni Fatah?

# 12 October 2007 at 12:38 AM

c11*5 said:

ayong : besok jangan datang rumah opah lambat sangat tau! Make sure nurin tu mandi betul2. Jangan dia mandi-mandi ayam aja! Hehehehe.

Kenapa tak pernah bawak itu sheikh muzafa dtg rumah kita dulu? Ayong bawak abang2 entah apa-apa entah datang rumah, muka tak kiut! (with exception to arwah abang khairul, he was really cute!!! Hehehehehe)

Okay, see you tomorow. Besok ja la kakngah mintak maaf betul2 for all the terkata & terkutuk at all your blogs eh?

PS : Jangan lupa bawak duit raya untuk kitorang tau!

azwan reply on October 12th, 2007 12:05 PM:

He was just a ’school’ friend. If he’s close to me like the rest of my Saint Pauls’ friends, mana tahu i mungkin kat Kazakhstan to watch the launch

duit raya? korang mana ada anak lagi. duit raya apa ni?

# 12 October 2007 at 8:53 AM

abdfatah said:

nampaknya kena sediakan tajuk repekan yang entah apa-apa… huhuuuhahahaaaa…

# 13 October 2007 at 1:25 AM

heikaL said:

yes, yes Malaysia boleh! This is all to show off! He is just a space tourist, anyone fit and has money can go to space. Wasted taxpayers’ money could have been used to improve public transportation. Or better yet, use the money to send the corrupted UMNO politicians to Mars without oxygen suply!!

azwan reply on October 20th, 2007 11:17 PM:

I prefer not to be a Malaysian basher all the time. Certain things should be looked from a diff perspective. Hey … it’s not a perfect world.

# 20 October 2007 at 11:08 PM

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# 22 October 2007 at 11:08 PM

ain said:

yess!!thniah angkasawan kita coz berjaya ke angkasa lepas………………i luv u………u la my hero………..janji lps u pegi angkasa nak lamar i…………….hehehe……moga kita dpt berjumpa………..sesapa ada no hp dr syeikh plezzzzzzzzzzzzzzz give me…….

kucau reply on October 31st, 2007 12:22 PM:

i ade no tepon dier nak ain?

azwan reply on October 31st, 2007 12:32 PM:

Kucau, kau nak menggatal ke?

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