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I have just seen this in The Star as well. I have no objection to playing with gasing, stones, pulling tea. Whatever floats your boat, but these things should be the novelty part of the trip. Where is the hard research here? Please don't try to kid us that this is serious research that is going to produce ground breaking results. Or even produce results which can lead to as modest improvement in some small aspect of human existance. As for the fighters involved in the payment... I remember reading somewhere that we were also throwing palm oil into the deal as well. All this when we badly need more properly equipped schools, with teachers delivering a curriculum which will produce well rounded Malaysian minds which see with true vision. We do not need this kind on nonsense.

were the prices of those fighter planes inflated to ridiculous prices? seriously, a free trip to space worth RMxxmil thrown in for free? Got such a big KAP NAR jumping around in the streets?

The reasoning that the "programme was not borne by the Treasury, but derived by offsetting the purchase of Sukhoi jet fighters from Russia by the Defence Ministry" is just ridiculous. You mean we traded in cold hard cash for a space joy ride? The Russians must be laughing all the way to the bank.

Lost in Space II

We (referring to UMNOputra) are 0.00000001% population in this world. We demand to be respected as that! That's why we must also demand our 0.00000001% share of the space programme!

This is one of the endless examples of extreme stupidity by UMNOputras.

Dont these people have better sense? God! WHAT HAVE THEY DONE?! Malaysia will be running out on oil
soon and here we go wasting money on something stupid! Malaysia Bodoh! Come on guys..Use your head majukan negara dulu.. baru buang duit.. settle itu sekolah bodoh punya isu dulu...itu orang pandai-pandai mau panggil balik dari luar negeri dulu, mau bagi duit kepada dia oranglah! Majulah negara dengan pemimpin bodoh Malaysia!

Jeff, I've sent it to Michael. I don't know whether to laugh or to cry. I've been hanging on to Malaysian citizenship while PR in Aust. I don't know whether I will any more.

"Dont these people have better sense? God! WHAT HAVE THEY DONE?! Malaysia will be running out on oil"

Have you heard of the phase 'Make hay while the sun shine?' Do you think they will care what happens later?

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI................duih...aduih....sakit perut...tak larat nak gelak...ha ha ha ha he he he hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi....spending million of dollars just to go to space to do what.....ha ha ha he he he hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi.....hallo Pak Lah....lebih baik guna duit tu untuk membantu kaum betul-betul BUMIPUTERA untok mencapai NEP 30%...hang ni kamjat besaq la.....ha ha he he hi hi hi ho ho ho ho ho ho...I don't know what to say anymore...speechless....It has been proven that almost all Malaysian leaders are MORON.....ha ha ha ha he he he he hi hi hi...................aduih...aduih sakit perut aku....

Jeff,
Is it really heart aching to read this kind of new the moment you logged on the local online news! I personally feel that the trip to space is not thoroughly planned. Perhaps there is no plan at all! Although I am not science expert, I do watch hours of Discovery channel and read National Geographic Journals for past 15 years. From what I read and watch, I see US has done many test and research on wheat grains, potatoes and other commercial plants on zero gravity. Thousands of experiment was conducted to the benefits of the nation. I bet there are some space tech being used when American / Russian farmers harvest their crops directly or indirectly.

Having said that, it Malaysian trip to space would really worth while if some research is conducted to our home grown crops such as rubber, oil palm and rice...this is just to name a few. Also there are plenty of opportunities to do research on fruit packing as we are currently challenged on how we can pack and supply local fruits to global market.

Also, I would be grateful if anyone could shed some light on who is overlooking this 'bizarre' science project that our fellow astronaut going to perform and were there any effort by the government to invite local scientists to submit their experiment plan?

We have all the opportunity yet I can see that we are letting it go conveniently...this is not good for our beloved country.

Hey, I wouldn't mind we tryout teh tarik or play gasing in space. Heh, I would want to know that myself too as a Malaysian for the "fun" or novelty part as mention by LLtwigs. Let us kid not, this kind of experiments will advance us or bring any "real" scientific purposes. You could always alternative do that on Earth in a Zero G chamber, craft or whatnot without going to SPACE.If the purpose only to see teh tarik floats in Zero G? You could simulate a 3D in a computer and compare the results with live experiments?Also why don't we try some bio stuff like how plant react or grow or able to produce carbon, photosynthesis in space etc?? There should be a research in Malaysia, wanting to know this kind of stuff since we are going for bio advancement in RMK9??

No, I think the "real" purpose is just pride or the carrying balls for the "boleh" spirit just for the sake of sending a Malaysian into space. That's why, you can see, they could be really don't have any good experiments to be done, and that's where the gasing, teh tarik come into the picture for the "cool" and "boleh" mindset.

At least, Singapore and Indonesia have not done it right? And with Singapore got plenty of $$$ to do it

ummmmmmm I wonder how much does it cost to make Teh-Tarek in space?

Is it possible for the S, T & I Ministry to provide the long list of experiments that are being proposed at this stage?

I'm sure as liftoff approaches, some experiments will have to be scrapped but the point is that most Malaysians want to know the real scientific experiments and not the fluff ones.

Or are these under the purview of the Official Secrets Act ?

I've mixed emotions about what our astronauts are going to be made to do in space. I wanted to laugh because I thought initially it was a joke. Then I chuckled and became indignant at the stupidity of our leaders in wasting taxpayers' money. We are made to believe that it doesn't cost the Treasury, but the govt could have paid far less for the fighters it's buying from Russia.

On the other hand I wanted to cry because it shows the uglier and unsavoury side of the "Malaysia Boleh" mantra - boleh in wasting money, doing some useless research in space and making Malaysia a laughing stock in the world.

In the first place, the price for the Sukhoi jet fighters would have included the cost of including the malaynaut, add-on the commissions paid to the local contacts for lubricating the approval. So we've paid for it. It is not a free ride.

In the second place, more money has been committed to track the space flight using new equipment; some RM95 million, we have been told. As to what this special equipment will be used after the flight, no one knows.

In the third place, spinning a top, throwing stones, painting with a liquid and drawing teh-tarik in a gravity-less capsule will present hazards to the occupants and vessel. May the Russians mercifully put us out of our combined miseries by not approving these salubrious suggestions.

Fourthly, such suggestions themselves suggest that either they are smoking pot in parliament, or the state of research in this country is so esoteric that it has become exotic, or we have progressed from third-world mentality to out-of-this-world mentality. Or, we are just..mental. Whatever it may be, we're sure not losing time advancing from the coveted title as the laughing stock of the world to the laughing stock of the century. This 21st.

But more seriously, those in this ummh--nooo gomen should take a step back, now, and ask of themselves, individually, and collectively, as.a.herd, whether they're suffering from some delusion or paranoia about their lack of progress that they should still be trying so hard to do their damnest to make a fool of Malaysia. Why not ask our malaynaut drape the planet with the jalur gemilang instead? Sure beats facing the Mummy if you try doing it over the egyptian pyramids.

If there's a confidence crisis, conduct boot-camps to rah-rah the spirit using mind and motivation games. If there's poverty amidst the folks, re-energise the economy with new economic models and operational efficiencies. If there're racial gaps, bridge them with candid policies that look into long-term national benefits. If there's a fall-off in national competitiveness, soberly analyse the causes and execute the remedies.

Because in space you can't even pee without controlled equipment.

What more draw and drink teh tarik.

Another two hundred million, at least, down the drain. The register rings on.

18 Russian Sukhoi (Su-30MKM) fighter jets (2003) = US$900 million / RM3.42 billion
Malaysian astronaut aboard a Russian rocket = RM95 million
First Malay astronaut to play traditional Malay children's games in space (2007) = PRICELESS

Malaysia truly Asia, even in space.....

Free of charge? About as free as the usual "Free Gift" offers we see so often in supermarkets and such. All factored in, I think.

The cliched saying "No such thing as a free lunch" is apt, no?

But then, we have heard years of Samy Vellu saying "the govt will compensate the toll concessionaires so the rakyat do not have to pay higher toll". As if the govt money does not belong to the rakyat in the first place.

So this new "free space trip" spin is nothing new.

Gaya mesti ada!

At one hand, the government is looking for towering Malays/Malaysian and at the other hand, we want to send the Malaysian to space to play gasing and making teh tarik? Get a life, this is major wastage of funds. How can anyone making teh tarik in zero gravity environment. And bear in mind, gravity is one of the element to make a glass of teh tarik. This is so stupid, anyone will tell you that and what is the use of making teh tarik in space? Got vacancy at the Enterprise meh?

While the astronauts of other countries are doing serious research in space our bolehnauts are spinning tops and pulling teh. These malaysians are really outdoing themselves and made them the laughing stock of the world. I can hear the many sniggers and ridicule from many other malaysians who heard what these bolehnauts are trying to do in space. They might as well go fly a kite.

The experiment is actually a communication breakthrough to invite Aliens from other planets to Malaysia. Visit Malaysia 2020

I can imagine this happens :

Russia defense department(RDD) : We are going to give joy ride for 2 Malaysia, since their government pay outrageous price for our aircraft.

Russia Space Agency(RSA) :
But those people are dangerous, they want to splash tea around throw stone under zero gravity.

RDD: Don't worry, we will handle it.

RSA: Do you think the RM95 millions worth to risk to lost the WHOLE space shuttle that cost USD$1 billions?

RDD: No, we are no going to send them to space. As soon as those astronauts enter the shuttle, sedate them and we bring them back to ground. The rest will be make inside studio.

RSA : But how do you simulate zero gravity?

RDD : Don't worry, we never short of drugs to create the Zero-gravity hallucination.

dear all,

i think play mahjong there better la, send them to me for training. including the russian too....plain stupid minister...

moo_t,
that was a good one

actually the RM3.4B is not much, I attended a talk yesterday and was shock to know that even Selangor state had their budget at 1.5B for 1 year for spending. what is 3.4B

Now, I'm REALLY ashamed of being a Malaysian !!

So much about unecesarry spending; lets look at the deal itself:-



The first paying female space tourist, Anousheh Ansari - an
Iranian-American, went on September 2006. She paid US$20mil
(less than RM80mil)
[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,214246,00.html].



Here, an entire government machinery
- together with hefty RM3.42bil purchase, has to pay RM95mil
(that is an obscene
RM15mil MORE!!!). What the hell is happening here?
Is the Russian overcharging deliberately? Is this a premium charge for
dealing with stupid goverment officers?

What a thing to do in space!

The only thing I will see achieved is ridicule. Foreign presses will pass off the experiments as a joke.

Local media will probably create big news on outstanding achievement by Malaysians which are nothing more than a junior school fizik experiment.

Perhaps our astronauts are not conversant with fizik. Let's see if my understanding of fizik (dang, physics) sounds good:

Gasing:
When you spin the gasing, say the big one, you need a big room so that one can throw it. It is expected to land on to something solid and subsequently to rest and spin. Be careful of windows and instrumentation panel. If the window breaks, the ship will lose pressure and everything inside will get sucked out. Our astronauts and the gasing can do moonwalk after that. If the instrumentation panel is strucked, electricity sparks and nobody goes home. First question, is there room to throw the gasing? Let's say there is space and a solid wall or floor; the gasing hits it, it will likely to bounce off due to zero gravity but may continue to spin like forever. Nothing new!

Batu Seremban:
When one throws the batu, the batu won't fall back except to head just one direction: the direction is was thrown. One has to move the hand to catch it from the other side. This game is no fun. Please!

Teh Tarik:
Two glasses. One with Teh Tarik, one without. When the right hand pulls away, the teh will be left there at the original spot, or slightly pulled. And that's it. It won't fall into the other glass. And the Malaysian astronaut needs to have a vacuum cleaner of cloth to absorb back the teh when the lousy experiment finishes, because if not, the liquid will some time reach the instrumentation panel and electricity sparks and nobody goes home. So one empty glass on the left side, teh at the middle, another empty glass on the right side. Use the two glasses to scoup the teh? Adoi!

One day, when other countries place their astronauts in space travel, we're pretty sure the things they do or experiment will make the things our astronauts did a laughing stock.

So, organizers of Malaysian space travel, please think of something meaningful to be done up there. We do not travel there very often. Put up a site for the public to suggest perhaps will draw better ideas. Right now, they suck.

"Moscow, the visitor astronauts have a problem."

What's so Malaysian or indigenous about these trivia? For one, ‘teh tarik’ hails form India ,as 'chai' as it called there. You can even get in the US beyond Starbucks, etc., in most cafes and delis.

Roti Canai is from there ( chanai is chick pea), and in Singapore its roti Prata (corruption of roti barata meaning bread of Indian origin).

As for 'five stones', that’s played all over the world -from Africa, India, China and the Pacific islanders. Of course its also found in the rest of South East Asia.

So what’s with this extra-terrestrial dalliance with frivolous pseudo authenticity? The answer could be more due to the lack of pure and meaningful Malay cultural traits-rituals than any capability to develop scientific experiments.

Tops – this really tops it all for lack of originality. Tops are archetypal toys found in all cultures of any considerable age and tradition.

Hi Jeff,

I'm very sad at the short sightedness of our ministers. Make teh tarik or play "batu seremban" in space? Oh my goodness. As it was said, it is not our space programme. We are just a passenger. I would be proud if we have our own space programme and send our own Malaysian to space. Unfortunately, it is not.

It makes no difference if I board on a bus from JB to Penang as a passenger. Declare that I will play "batu seremban" on the bus and later on declare that nobody has done it before. Can you see? It serves no purpose.

As a fellow Malaysian, I would like to see that we create new technology. The oil reserve is depleting. I would be a proud Malaysian if any Malaysian created new/renewable/safe energy for the world to use. I do not wish to see us being a passenger/user that declare we are an environment conscious nation because we use green energy.

"The first paying female space tourist, Anousheh Ansari - an
Iranian-American, went on September 2006. She paid US$20mil
(less than RM80mil)
[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,214246,00.html].
"

Perhaps she wasn't as demanding by insisting to play gasing (top spinning) and doing teh-tarik in outer space. The Russians must have asked for the extra price to buy insurance since our bolehnauts are not experts at top spinning and pulling teh-tariks even on solid ground zero earth.

I personally find that this excuse about doing all these in space for research purposes is lame. I am sure if Malaysia had asked the Russians, the Americans or even the Chinese politely, they would probably have told our Minister that these researches were already available as they were done by their research monkeys when they explored the outer space a few decades ago.

Guys, lets not blame this on our 'Astronauts'. All this experiments were drawn up by some in the Ministry, they should explain to us why these experiments are to be held, what benefits are we supposed to get.

And Attila, lets not start getting racial here, as far as we're concerned, this whole scheme was in order to launch a Malaysian into space.. not a Malay.

ROFL! Thank you everyone for making my day.. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA...

Trying to play the gasing, paint, and make Teh Tarik in a zero g environment?
Our ministers never learn physics before .
What's that you say ? The minister was representing the SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY and INNOVATION MINISTRY ?

New palace = 400 mil
"scientific" Space program = 95 mil
new penang bridge = shitloads
putrajaya + cyberjaya = who knows?

-The question is did we ever even need any of these and we have to ask ourselves what exactly is the ultimate goal of the government?

Helping our people or giving away money to the russians, koreans, etc

its sad... very sad

Oh the worst thing? by 2020 we wanna put a man on the moon... or in other words give money to NASA to conduct their own experiments

I guess there's not much you can do as a space tourist except playing with your marbles.

All that this moronic Minister need to do is just pick up a Doreamon Comic, and she will know the outcome of these childish "experiments". Then again, perhaps our cosmonaut-tiru is just there to serve tea and coffee to the ori Mat Salleh Tuan Cosmonauts in order to offset the fare. Hopefully this is the epitome and the last of Malaysia Bodoh.

spending 95 million to do clown job... sarcastic!!!

ktak - good one! :)

Actually guys, there is great foresight to all these tea-tarik and game playing experiments.

At the rate we are going in terms development and progress, by the time other nations start to live on the Moon, the only way we can keep up is to export Malaysians as maids to make coffee and entertain kids with games. So with all these preparations, we Malaysians should be at least 10 years ahead of Indonesian and Filipino workers.

"So with all these preparations, we Malaysians should be at least 10 years ahead of Indonesian and Filipino workers."

Yup!, at least our maids can claim that they were trained in space or trained by aliens even though it is making teh-tarik and playing marbles. What a competitive advantage in credentials!

"....hope that it would unravel the mysteries in science, education and medicine."

The only mystery here is the 'space' in the heads of our Ministers.

Absolute waste of money! It is possible that the 15 million went into some one's pocket.

Maybe the Russians will tie him up and leave him in the corner the entire trip.....

Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry parliamentary secretary Rohani Abdul Karim. Rohani, who was representing the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry at the parliament, said the outcome of the experiments -- gasing, batu seremban, batik, teh tarik et al -- would be studied on earth "with the hope that it would unravel the mysteries in science, education and medicine".

Wow! Dudes, those are potentially Nobel Price winning studies!

So don't pray-pray! :D

It can happen you know? And pigs will fly.

No Congkak Meh??

Hehe ... so how is batek to be drawn, must have the lilin cooker set and the canting equipment too... plus the streach table ... that's what we call a big room. Okay if its a Small piece of cloth horr, small frame would be fine, but still need to cook the lilin leh. Promoting Tourism to Alien leh ... So where the heck is all of this gonna be done? Not inside a shuttle i hope, coz Russia dun have the Space Shuttle to my knowledge leh. That Space Shuttle thingy Reg Trademark of NASA loee... if wan play play must got inside a Space Center eh.. Then must built the facility to draw batek liao loee.. So when is the tender opening soon? Just for BUMIPUTRA only worr, but will be sub to Russian Aerospace comp only horr...

Maybe we should ask the Malaysians in Singapore, US, UK, Australia or any other country for suggestions.

Looks like there is a severe brain drain we have here.

There is no bloody brain drain.

It's just the fact that the people running the country don't use them.

Something to do with the cow manure that fills up their heads to make it inflated when they choose to go into politics.

See, this is what happens when you insists on sending the fittest instead of the brightest.

Beauty and no brains. Why do they insist that the first Malaysian had to be a Malay guy, I'll never know.

if them astronauts dont give a shit what's happening or what they are doing there for, it wld be more of a reflection of the true malaysian spirit: the tidak apa spirit.

sure, malaysia boleh.

after spending millions on these 2 guys and the only historical things tat they are doing is main gasing and guli? it is clearly tat they do not have any plan or any knowledge on how to do a research.

imagine all those teh tarik floating around, hopefully everything is waterproof, or else in few yrs time, we would have our own version of 'Apollo 13' the movie.

selecting candidate= thousands
going up there= millions
telling our children tat the things our astronaut is main guli= priceless

MALAYSIA BOLEH!

I have a suggestion though - why don't someone find out how much it'll cost to send the entire cabinet up to space? We shall then negotiate with them Russians for half price so that everyone on board gets only a one-way trip.

Start a donation campaign for this and I promise I'll be the first to sign a cheque.

Ok.. lets take a look on Ingredients...

"mamak" Teh Tarik
- Teh
- Air panas
- Susu penuh krim
- Gula 1 kilo

Roti Canai
-Tepung gandung 1 kilo
-Majerin
-Telur

Im stil thinking, how they goin to bring this to space... Hy, sini pun tak ada gula lah... hahahahaha....

This page is so HILLARIOUS.. it's better than watching Seinfeld. You guys are teriffic!!

Imagine what the news people around the world can do.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.. Joke of the century!!!

RM95M is nothing lar...

we got money, Malaysia is a very rich country. or else how can we spend RM490M in UK to train our sportmen/women.

We going to get an Olympic Gold in year 3020.

I am proud!

Agree with Patriot. These comments are so.. so CREATIVE!

I can't wait for the live telecast.

Soon we'll have 2 astronauts with gelaran Dato'.

Meanwhile, I'll enjoy my Star Trek series.

hey listen, we should support and be proud of these arrangement ...

our najis has a great vision for our citizen ... there's reason behind all these "experiments" ... he knows we're far behind in any industries except politics ... so it's a matter of time before this country is left with cheap-labour which we can export out (just like philipine & indonesia business model) ...

in not so far future, most of the developed nations might migrate to outer space ... so we gotta prepare for this glocal thing ... but without skill-sets we're not needed in space ... so we need to test if we can make teh-tarik, spin gasing and toss the stupid stones as we need to "entertain" our new employer out in the space ...

that would be the 1st phase ... second phase we'll pay lots more to send another batch of bumiputra (sorry chinese/indians) to :

- make roti cannai/tosai
- fly a kite/wau
- fry tempeyek
- perform stunt by mat rempit
- bbq ayam percik

we'll be the pioneer in space entertainment & food industry ... who says our leader is stupid ?

malaysia boleh ...

wuahahaha
http://stocktube.blogspot.com

I really pity the astronauts that going to do all these. You know why, because he has not been trained on this.

Lets send a Rombongan, "Belajar Sambil Melawat" to mamak stalls, top spinning & baling batu competition to learn the art of doing it.

After that send all these goons to UK for an in-depth discussion & further training. Later they can go over to Russia to train our boys.

Wow what a task that will be. Allocation for this project to succeed, initial budget RM10m.

To add on to list "Things to do while you are in out of space":

1. Durian Experiment - to see whether it smells the same

2. Maybe Belanchan too

3. Whether Fried Ikan Kembong tastes the same?

Please feel free to add in.....

We have the tallest building, we need constantly remind the world that we 'can'! To let them know 'Malaysia Boleh'. Even its useless, but for the sake of showing off, we need to do it. This space exploration will set a new world record, that is making teh tarik, playing gasing and drawing batik. I believe this record wouldnt be broken for many generation to come, coz theres no one more stupid than Pak lah administration to commit such attempt. And again, Pak Lah and his team let us down again.

I wonder if its already in the plan that first Malaysian to the space would be a Malay. Pak Lah did comment "we want to prove that Malay can go to the moon too." I cant get the exact correct, but its along that line. I just wonder.

Oh, and I wonder too, how many peoples suddenly become a millionaire because of this project. Probly only UmnoPUTRA can know.

With RM95 million we can :-

-Send more than 200 Malaysians to study medicine abroad.

-Build more than 2000 units of low cost house for the poor

-Buy every Malaysian a plate of nasi lemak with a cup of teh tarik.

-Makes me a filthy rich guy.

Such unnecessary lame publicity reminds me of the time in 1998 (time of Asian economic crisis) where they drop of a Proton car in a parachute on the North Pole together with a Malaysian parachute team. I was studying back then and one Finnish student told my lecturer "Why they want to parachute a car into the North Pole? It doesn't make sense." Until today, I still have no idea why they did it? BIAR PAPA , ASAL BERGAYA?

Well at least there is a new world record being achieved from this space programme. We will make the world most expensive teh tarik at RM95million. That will surely put us on the world map.

www.the-malaysian-china-man@blogspot.com

I say, Sheikh Muszaphar or Faiz Khaleed, don;t you wish that you have never been selected at the first place? Either one of your names will forever been recorded amongst the following names:

- Yuri Gagarin - The first man to travel in space (wow!)
- Neil A. Armstrong - The first man to set foot on Moon (wow!)
- Valentina Tereshkova - First Woman in Space (wow!)
- ....
- ....
- Sheikh Muszaphar or Faiz Khaleed - First Malaysian in space doing teh tarik, spinning gasing and tossing Batu Seremban (w.... what?!!!)

I dare people to contribute entry to wikipedia for
Malaysia Space program.

After being chosen as the first M'sians to be in space, it would be embarassing to perform the acts mentioned in Parliament. If I were the chosen one, I'm not sure where to hide my face for the rest of my life.....instead of Glory, its now a circus clown.

You know what, Jeff, you should open up another thread to get people to contribute ideas on what to do up there, other than those non-sensible, worthless activities.

The govt is probably cracking their heads now but I'm sure fellow Malaysians, here and abroad, Russian friends, and the world at large can throw in something to think about. Silly ideas may come in, but, po, creative things can come about. We have complained a lot already.

what? teh tarik in space? how about something more exciting, like jacking off in space!

Yeah, let's have some real fun in space!

This is serious stuffs! We can study how space food and zero g affect sperm count and the organisms' activitiy. This is real scientific experiments unlike spining top and do teh tarik. This may lead to a breakthrough in science that solves infertility among couples.

Yeah, jack it off and see how it floats in zero g!

And don't forget to bring along a male and female mouse samples, fertilise the embryo in space and see how it affects biological properties such as sex. At least this is something to do with medical and it is his field mah.

Take note this is not dangerous unlike spinning a top which may crash on the control desk. The worst you can get is a slimy control panel.

If we ever gonna have 2nd round of astronaut interview, I may try.
When asked ‘What would you do to uplift Malaysia Boleh Spirit if we send you to the space?’

I will answer :’ Umm.. I will do something really unusual like pee standing up side down into a tabung uji without help of my hands ??.... if that doesn’t present Malaysia well enough, what about doing naked squat in space ?!?!?! Sure hit the headlines in the world!’

‘You through!’

Its 10X the satisfaction of X factor !!

**it’s hard to be serious as the article is too comical to be treated with rational mind.
-eng

I'll say, share this with 20 peoples a day.

Let everybody know how great we are.

We indeed are the number one.

wahahaha, what r those reterd thinking of?
this is like joke of the century

Sales Negotiation/Year 2020

'We want to buy your latest aircrafts and the price must include the flight to the sun' confirms the buyer from Can Country.

'What? To the sun?' The sun is too hot and it will melt the spaceship!' exclaim the seller.

'No no dont worry we have the latest technology and we had been to space and had experimented with all the gadgets and our scientist had successfully done enough research. We can, we can, so do you want to sell your new aircrafts or not? We shall buy 200 aircrafts so that we can have 100 for spareparts.Otheriwse we can go to another country! replied the buyer.

'OK OK we agree and we will include the journey to the sun also' but we do not include our man to accompany your astronauts there.' replied the seller.

'Why you afraid,our men will be well trained and when we take off at night time the temperature is not hot at all! Aiiya you so stupid!

UMNOputras - either they have brains saized of a pea, or their brain is drained.

And we are ruled by these pea-brained politicians? No wonder the country is going down the drain!

One question... those guys they sent to space, are they supporting UMNO also? Don't later silap silap they are from Keadilan or PAS, then the opposition will claim all the glory...

wow, this must be MY malaysia! LOL

Come on. you people.

This is part of vision 2020. Its a package.

Previously its all hardware development.

KLCC to show off
cyberjaya ghost town to house kuailo
Best seller car of alltime-proton iswara (20 year old car still in top seller list)
Perwaja (hard as steal),
crooked bridge (the key word "crooked"),
spanking putrajaya (keyword is "putra", residency for umno putra)
KLIA (i have bigger airport than your airport)
Bakun dam (damn! i forgot why i built it for)
F1 circuit......

the list are endless. They r all quite "productive" and helped "developed" my ego. Let's go for Vision 2020.

Now its time for software part.

Cook belachan, main gasing, practise mat rempit style, teh tarik, Photostat AP (important: learn from the father not the son), go for acting class (Cry like zakaria/rafidah, then you will get outta trouble)

Most importantly, MUST Know how to shout these:

CERMELANG, GEMILANG, TERHILANG!
TOWERING MALAYS (or Glokal as used by Jeff)!
MALAYSIA BOLEH!

Ok. All covered. I think we are ready for developed status. Opps, Selangor already is!

no lah, all the intention is to sell tea tarik and roti canai in space.

Bodoh: Science Learnings of Space for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Malaysia.

Maybe the Russians never intend to let us board the shuttle.

Hidden in a corner of the contract with small prints, "we have the right disallow any person that we suspect will be harmful to the shuttle and other cosmonauts while in space and forfeit the entire space fare"

At that time, we REALLY need to say we are mis-interpreted or somewhere along the line...

no matter what you guys said, as a stupid idiotic voter, i'll keep voting for BN...as always

Can anyone please forward this link to pak lah...let him knows wat the citizen think of his boleh ministers..hmmmm...

i wonder if kj is the one who did the oiling in this deal.

Some diffrent opinion from malaysiakini :

http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/59934

M’sian experiments in space are serious science
Paul Millott
Nov 22, 06 3:43pm Adjust font size:

I read with disappointment the letters to the editor about the experiments that the Malaysian astronaut will perform in space. It would appear that writers do not understand the purpose of these experiments and say that Malaysia is just taking toys into space.

To a foreigner, this appears very bad and makes Malaysians look silly. My friends back in the United Kingdom will think I am working with idiots while, in fact, we have some of the best brains in the world here in Malaysia.

The Malaysian experiments using a gyroscope will be very important. It appears that, in order to help the press reporters understand, the gyroscope was described as a spinning top, which is a good description for the layman to understand.

Actually, the Turning Orbital Plane (Top) was the terminology used to describe the gyroscope. The reporters did not grasp that the description was for their benefit and reported that the Malaysian astronaut was actually taking a toy top into space, assuming he wanted to play with it.

Another important experiment is to move liquids in zero gravity conditions. This was clarified in the context of making ‘teh tarik’ which is very easy with Earth's gravity. But just think, how would you possibly make ‘teh tarik’ without gravity?

Moving liquids in space is a very difficult and still a very challenging feat. As such, the analogy of making ‘the tarik’ was used for the benefit of the lay man and the press reporters. It was not meant that they would actually make ‘teh tarik’. (Although I am sure that one day there will be a ‘teh tarik’ stall out there)

These were just two of the tasks that were misrepresented by the press. Reporters should look at how important the experiments really are and explain to the public that there is some serious science happening with the Malaysian flight into space. Don't let the foreigners think Malaysians are stupid.

A report on how good Malaysians can be is urgently needed in the media now to restore confidence to the public.

The writer is experimental research director, Australian Solar Voltaic.