Malaysia's first astronaut to do what no one in space has done before

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Malaysia's first astronaut to do what no one in space has done before

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's first astronaut will do what no one in space has done before: play traditional Malay children's games without gravity.

The astronaut - yet to be selected - will play "batu seremban,'' or "five stones'' and spin traditional Malay tops in space, Agriculture Ministry parliamentary secretary Rohani Abdul Karim told parliament on Wednesday.

Rohani, who was replying on behalf of the Science, Technology and Innovations Ministry, said the astronaut would also do batik painting and making teh tarik.

She said this in reply to comments made by MPs on what the Malaysian astronaut might do in the International Space Station.

Rohani said the training programme for the Malaysian astronaut in Russia would not cost the Treasury a single sen.

Replying to Datuk Dr Marcus Mojigoh (BN-Putatan), she said the programme was provided free of charge as part of an offset programme for the purchase pf Sukhoi fighter aircraft from Russia.

She said the benefits of the programme for the country were numerous, including the opportunity to conduct scientific experiments in space.

“Such experiments will also be studied by our own scientists in the medical, science and educational fields.

“Schoolchildren will be further motivated to increase their interests in science and technology when our astronaut holds a live teleconference with students from several selected schools,” she said, adding that the astronaut would also conduct several experience on micro-gravity in front of the television camera.

Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor and Kapten Dr Faiz Khaleed, who had been selected for Malaysia’s first astronaut programme, are now undergoing training for a year in Russia before departing for the International Space Station.

Only one of them will board a Russian rocket for eight days of space travel on Sept 2 next year.

From http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp...546&sec=nation


Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiighhttttttttttttttttt.....

If the event really happens and the astronaut does play batu seremban and pulled teh tarik in space, and the next day I meet a foreigner who asks if I'm Malaysian, I'm gonna say I'm Singaporean.

[The_YongGrand]

I thought they could be doing research using no-gravity system there.



I'm wondering, why on Earth must they pull the teh-tarik or play batu seremban in the no-gravity zone? Btw - how much millions of ringgit did they spent for all these?

And I don't want these accidents happen when the tea they are tarik-ing spilled into the complex machinery, or the batu serembans jammed the moving stuff and the batik making stuff stained all over the control panel. Remember, one can show GOOD talents just on Earth right? One couldn't really afford to make such silly stuff when in space - space can be a VERY serious matter.

[decypher]

What a waste of good taxpayers' money!

What if! Just what if...

they lost one batu seremban in space? hohohoho.

[u suck.com]

how the HECK do u play batu seremban without gravity?

[zy]

next thing you know the space station crashs into mars

[ZuePhok]

if mars is gone, earth is gone.
one batu seremban trick destroys mankind

[hyper_raider]

How the heck do you play batu seremban with all the rocks flying everywhere?

[Chai]

Classic stupidity. Experiment???

[djspinnet]

A friend of mine quoted, "the height of folly"

[Dashken]

Most of the time, you wonder where their brains are. Were they born with one or they just lost it.