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KUANTAN: The country’s space programme should focus on education and ensure sound basic knowledge in mathematics and science subjects at the earliest age possible, Angkasawan Datuk Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor said. He added that there was more to the space programme than just sending people into space. “It is about how to get the technology, acquiring the knowledge and fuelling the interest and imagination of the young. “It is about moulding a strong grassroots who […]

Branson unveils Virgin Galactic mothership WhiteKnightTwo fuselage fatigue ‘not an issue’ says Rutan By Scott Snowden → More by this author Published Tuesday 29th July 2008 10:32 GMT As expected, British billionaire Sir Richard Branson and American aerospace engineer Burt Rutan unveiled the WhiteKnightTwo mothership yesterday that will be used for his project to launch tourists into space. The mothership itself is not designed to leave the atmosphere, but will air launch the yet-to-be-finished SpaceShipTwo

IPOH: For a few magical hours, over 90 primary school pupils and their teachers had the chance to play “rocket scientist” yesterday, with guidance from an aerospace engineer from a private university. It was the second day of the New Straits Times-Newspaper-in-Education Young Inventor’s Workshop in Perak, and all they were provided with were empty plastic water bottles, plastic boards, some plasticine, cellophane tape and water. Nevertheless, the water bottles soon became a fuselage, the