Well, folks, the good doctor has returned!
Welcome back, doc; and congratulations for being the first successful Malaysian Angkasawan. We look forward to a cure for cancer apart from all those pictures you took up there.
But it must have been quite a suspense missing the landing spot by a distance of 340km, huh? That was quite an error in calculation and timing. Thank goodness all turned out to be fine in the end.
By the way, doc, talking about timing, I wonder if we were ready for this 11-day trip with a price tag of USD20 million. That is quite a lot of money. While we are all proud of this achievement, I can't help thinking the number of schools, roads and other infrastructures that could have been constructed with all that money. We are after all a developing country that requires development in order to finally become a developed country some day?
Now it seems that we are getting seduced by the idea of sending another doctor up there. That means what — another USD20 million? Perhaps the timing is a bit out; too soon for us? Shouldn't we wait until we become a developed country first? How about we come back down to earth and attend to those kids who still walk miles to and from school each day because the Government has "no money" to build schools closer to their villages. After building those schools, if we are lucky, we might still have some money left to train some doctors and engineers.
Who knows, maybe these are other viable options on how to spend our money...
Welcome back, doc; and congratulations for being the first successful Malaysian Angkasawan. We look forward to a cure for cancer apart from all those pictures you took up there.
But it must have been quite a suspense missing the landing spot by a distance of 340km, huh? That was quite an error in calculation and timing. Thank goodness all turned out to be fine in the end.
By the way, doc, talking about timing, I wonder if we were ready for this 11-day trip with a price tag of USD20 million. That is quite a lot of money. While we are all proud of this achievement, I can't help thinking the number of schools, roads and other infrastructures that could have been constructed with all that money. We are after all a developing country that requires development in order to finally become a developed country some day?
Now it seems that we are getting seduced by the idea of sending another doctor up there. That means what — another USD20 million? Perhaps the timing is a bit out; too soon for us? Shouldn't we wait until we become a developed country first? How about we come back down to earth and attend to those kids who still walk miles to and from school each day because the Government has "no money" to build schools closer to their villages. After building those schools, if we are lucky, we might still have some money left to train some doctors and engineers.
Who knows, maybe these are other viable options on how to spend our money...
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