大馬太空人

根據以下路透社報導的節錄：

http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSL3034275220070930

By Andrew Hammond
Sun Sep 30, 2007 3:15pm EDT

Malaysia's move into the space field has raised its prestige in the
Islamic world, especially in Saudi Arabia which houses Islam's holiest
sites, applies strict Islamic law and tends to see global developments
through the prism of religion.

說起來，馬來西亞政府花大錢做冤大頭完全是面子問題，是為了在回教世界裡立
名。這也說明了大馬的太空乘客早在買票時已決定了，馬來回教徙。