The 51st anniversary of the historic Apollo moon landing is fast approaching and we should take this opportunity to generate interest in space science. FMTNews Malaysia
Beep, beep, beep! The blaring alarm brought my blissful sleep to an unceremonious halt. Squinting, I reached out for my smartphone to put a stop to the unpleasant sound. It was 2.20 am on Sunday May 30, 2020.
At the end of the heart-pounding countdown, the nine powerful Merlin engines of the gargantuan Falcon 9 rocket, which stands at 21-storeys high, roared to life and blasted itself along with its crew into space. The launch couldn’t have gone more flawlessly.
It gave Malaysians something to aspire to. It obviously wasn’t on the scale of the Apollo programme but it was a start for a budding nation like ours. That’s why I was left dismayed when nothing happened after that and the government did not capitalise on the interest generated. If this sounds impressive, keep in mind that I’m not even scratching the surface. Since 1976, NASA has been compiling an annual list of 50 or so commercial technologies that were the brainchild of NASA missions. That means the list now has more than 2,200 technologies that touch and empower billions of people daily. And this doesn’t even include the contribution of the formidable European, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Indian space agencies.
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