Malaysia Floats Plans To Set Foot On The Moon

MOON DAILY

illustration only

Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Aug 27, 2005
A Malaysian could be walking on the moon by 2020 if the country's current space programme proves to be successful, the country's science and technology minister Jamaludin Jarjis said Saturday.

"We must show to the world Malaysia can send its first astronaut to the International Outer Space Station. We must look at our capabilities," Jamaludin was quoted as saying by the Bernama news agency.

If Malaysia is "justified to embark on the mission, we will do it," he added.

Russia is to send Malaysia's first cosmonaut into space by 2007 as part of a scientific mission aboard the International Space Station.

Nearly 900 candidates are undergoing a series of rigorous tests to be selected in Malaysia's 25 million dollar space program.

Jamaluddin said a proposal on a lunar mission by 2020 would be forwarded to the cabinet soon, adding that Malaysians would like to see a fellow citizen on the moon.

Russia and Malaysia signed a deal in August 2003 to send the first Malaysian cosmonaut into space onboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft.

It is part of a billion-dollar deal for Malaysia to purchase 18 Sukhoi 30-MKM fighter jets.

Email This Article

MOON DAILY

SMART-1 Ion Drive Restarted

Paris, France (ESA) Aug 26, 2005
After 5 months of Electric Propulsion pause, SMART-1's ion engine was nominally restarted as planned on 2 August. The EP power is being set to 1325W due to the Sun distance seasonal effect.

SPACE TRAVEL Space Pioneers Now Honored As Astronauts RSC Energia To Demonstrate Clipper At 7th International Aerospace Salon High level Of Activity At The ESTEC Test Centre Russia To Exhibit New Kliper Spaceship	MARSDAILY Reaping The Fruits Of Their Labor Will Keep The New Martians Heatlthy ESA To Discuss Mars mission Squyres Writes The Book On Mars And The Little Rovers That Could NASA Study Shows Water Could Create Gullies On Mars
NUCLEAR SPACE NASA plans to send new robot to Jupiter Los Alamos Hopes To Lead New Era Of Nuclear Space Tranportion With Jovian Mission Boeing Selects Leader for Nuclear Space Systems Program Boeing-Led Team to Study Nuclear-Powered Space Systems	EXO WORLDS The Story Before The Story Of Extrasolar Planets Dustiest Star Could Harbor A Young Earth Astronomers Debate Whether Oldest Known Dust Disk Will Ever Form Planets A New Class of Planet?
NANO TECH UA Physicists Find Key To Long-Lived Metal Nanowires Nanomaterials to Mimic Cells GE Global Research Develops "Ideal" Carbon Nanotube Diode Nano Coalition Unveils Environmental, Health And Safety Database	SPACE MEDICINE Researchers Awarded NIH Grant to Develop Virtual Patient Models MIT Engineers An Anti-Cancer Smart Bomb Genomic Sequences Processed In Minutes, Rather Than Weeks IBM And EPFL Join Forces To Uncover The Secrets Of Cognitive Intelligence
LAUNCH PAD Russia Launches Two Japanese Satellites US Satellite Successfully Placed In Orbit Largest Communications Satellite Ever Built Launched Into Orbit Sea Launch wins Multiple Launch Award with PanAmSat	ROCKET SCIENCE Thirty Years And Counting Russia Schedules Clipper Spacecraft Launch NASA Successfully Completes Solid Rocket Motor Test Next-Generation Space Vehicle Tested in Pacific Ocean Drop

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2006 - SpaceDaily.AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA PortalReports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additionalcopyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement