17 October 2007

Congratulations to Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor


I almost forgot to post this up even though I had written this down earlier.

My congratulations to Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor on becoming the first Malaysian to go into space. Right now he is on the International Space Station.

Read more about Sheikh Muszaphar on Wikipedia.

6 comments:

kljs said...

So, has the debate come up with a conclusion yet about his status? It is comsmonaut? Space participant? or tourist? hmmmm

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Dilip Mutum said...

Hi ruud van tarun: Thanks for your kind words. Adding you to my blogroll as well.

Kenny: Well officially he is listed as a space participant.

kljs said...

yeah, I know..... been reading about it..... so, technically he is not an angkasawan...... or something like that.....

but since it is easier to say angkasawan...... than space participant....

Lady Gargle said...

Whatever it is he is cute ;) heheheh.

Regardless of his status cosmonaut or not can't help feeling proud. Giant leap for us I say

BabyPink said...

w-o-w! congrats to him and to malaysia!:)

Dilip Mutum said...

Kenny: In the US, anyone ho travel above an altitude of 80 kilometers (50 miles are awarded astronaut wings -meaning they are astronauts. The term "Space participant" was only introduced recently.

Frankensteina, Babyink: Totally agree.

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