Hello to all
It has been sometime since I have had the chance to update this site. September has been a very busy month with a large numbers of studens attending our special outreach programs at the National Planetarium and the TUDM Royal Airforce Mudeum at Sungai Besi. In addition i have been working on some special projects with the National Space Agency (Angkasa) That I will tell you more about here.
Our outreach workshops at the planetarium this month were designed to provide an insight into the history of space exploration and space flight. As part of the tour we organised we also took our participants to the IMAX theater where they watched the amazing 3D film Magnificent Desolation Walking on the Moon. The film provides a special overview of just what it took to get man to the moon. Students were thrilled by the amazing 3D effects and scenes from the film. Watching the film was almost like being on the moon with the Astronauts.
In addition I have been working on a special project for the first stage of the Malaysia Space Science Center near Banting. This amazing facility has been built with the future in mind. Already operational are the centers specialised communications antennas that send and receive data from satellites in orbit around earth. Also there is the newly finished satellite calibration facility that I was working in recently installing giant graphics panels (see pics).
Next month we will be putting a whole series of new programs together that will include live web conferencing with NASA engineers and hopefully a long awaited astronomy fild trip.
Check back from time to time to see whats happening...more to follow.
Bye for now
Sam