"We will make our selection, regardless of gender, based on someone who fulfills the requisite criteria, not necessarily a scientist or a pilot but someone who can be trained to be an Astronaut " ( Dato Sri Mohd Najib bin Razak, 2007)
From this quotation, we can conclude
that this Astronaut Programme is one of the platforms that give opportunity to
all Malaysian to be an Astronaut. But it is not an easy task to get that
opportunity. There are a lot of challenges and tests that we need to face. On
top of that, it also not an easy task to select the first Malaysia Astronaut. We
need to be an extraordinary and perfect person in order to be chosen.
For your information, this program took
a year to choose the best candidates. There are 11,425 candidates and only ONE
will be selected. Because of that, the selection was tough and need to be evaluated
smartly. Besides, it is not only based on luck and your career. It’s the matter
either you have it or not. Even the minor mistake can make you out from the
program. This means, the candidates must perfectly fit and managed to go through
the nine stages that have stated.
One of the stages that the candidates
need to pass is aero medical examinations. The criteria that we need to pass in this examination
are:
- 6/6 vision
- Perfect hearing
- No fillings in your teeth
- Not have any operation scars
After the candidates pass this
examination, there are other next stages that need to be through. The doctors
then will evaluate organs in the body, test the blood and also does the urine
test. This stage requires you to be free from any diseases. Can you imagine how
tough this selection process? Only the best candidates can have the chance to
go to space in this expensive mission. They need to choose candidates that ‘almost’
perfect in all aspects such as need to be free from any diseases, outstanding from
other candidates, have mental strength and good attitude. Those are some
criteria that have Sheikh Muszaphar and other candidates have gone through.
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