This is evidenced by the launch of the country's first remote sensing satellite is successfully launched into TiungSAT low-earth orbit Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in 2000 and followed RazakSAT in 2009.
The two satellites involved was built using local expertise of Astronautic Technology Sdn. Ltd.(ATSB) through the National Space Agency (Space), agency of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI).
Construction of satellites that marks the entrance to the space age Malaysia.
Looking back four years ago, when Malaysia celebrated the success of seconds the country's first astronaut, Datuk Dr. Sheikh Mustafa Shukor Sheikh Muszafar selected through the Russian Space Agency Astronaut Selection (Roscosmos), he has made it to the International Space Station (ISS) through the mission.
What I am connected is through both the achievements and success is the importance of launchers or rocket launcher technology to a country in enhancing the economic, social, political, and security.
Please note that the basic construction of satellites and astronaut missions depend on the ability to launch from Earth into orbit or beyond the layer of the earth's atmosphere.
If you look at the launch of RazakSAT TiungSAT and both require the services of renting commercial launchers from foreign countries.
Rocket launcher is owned by Russia and Zenit II rocket launcher Falcon 1 owned company Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of the United States (U.S.).
Similarly, the mission's first astronauts to the ISS on board Soyuz TMA-11 rocket, which is owned by Russia.
Rental of commercial launcher-launcher requires a very high cost as well as country risk to be borne.
Among them, the cost of launching space rental increases from time to time, including the high logistics costs and do not have much control over the space launch program.
Malaysia could emulate the development of launcher technology development in the U.S. which is one of the main pioneers of the field.
The development of rocket technology in the U.S., which took more than 70 years is not a simple matter but face a difficult process.
It begins with a group of students from Caltech came to Arroyo Seco north of Pasadena Rose Bowl in which lies the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) today.
Their arrival was to test a small rocket motor.
The group consists of a combination of students with diverse interests and expertise of Frank Malina and later became the second director of JPL, a chemist Jack Parsons and Ed Forman a talented machine operator.
Their actions to make a rocket experiment is considered to be very brave and were driven by their intense interest in the field of rocket.
Based on an interview with Malina in 1968, he says, the first trial conducted in October 1936 in which there are no provisions available only to use their capital.
However, so-called good fortune as the rocketmen because getting strong support from the Theodore von Karman, who was a professor and Caltech aerodynamicist at the time.
However, their interest is not supported by the public at the time.
In fact, they were used as an object of ridicule and laughter is associated with the fantasy of children at the time.
Through experimentation and testing has been done on the rocket motor, it has improved a better launch in November 1936.
On January 16, 1937 they have successfully launched a rocket.
From the early moments of the experiment at Arroyo and the military work, to the space exploration, an experiment conducted 70 years ago opened the way for JPL as a place where extraordinary ideas into reality.
JPL will continue to operate to this day the U.S. government's huge investment results to see the great transformation to the development of rocket technology development.
The hard work of the people and governments involved in developing rocket technology should be the lesson for the people and government of Malaysia.
Source: www.utusan.com (Published:05/12/11)
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