Posted on 10/09/2007 7:17:02 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Allah is watching – even in outer space. And that poses a problem for a devout Muslim astronaut who is scheduled to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Russian rocket this week.
Imagine trying to pray five times a day in zero gravity while having to face an ever-shifting Mecca hundreds of miles below. How do you ritually wash yourself without water? And, now that it's Ramadan, how do you fast from sunrise to sunset when you see a sunrise and a sunset every 90 minutes? Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, a Malaysian astronaut, must decide before the Oct. 10 launch.
"I am Islamic," Sheikh Shukor told a press conference in Moscow, according to the Associated Press, "but my main priority is more of conducting experiments."
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Don’t let this bloke steer during reentry!
I wonder if this guy will pull an Egypt Air stunt.
That's an easy one - from outside the airlock!
They'd better make sure he dosn't swallow a bunch of C4 in baggies just before launch.
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