Posted on 05/01/2007 10:54:39 AM PDT by bedolido
HOW do you pray facing Mecca five times a day when you are circling the Earth 16 times every 24 hours?
This is one of the problems facing Malaysian authorities as they prepare to send their first man into space. There are others: how to hold the prayer position in zero gravity, ensure that only halal freeze-dried food is in your space cupboard and perform your ritual ablutions before worship?
They have all been answered by a team of Islamic scholars and scientists that has spent more than a year working on guidelines for the astronaut.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
Are you aware that this is a non-issue, having been addressed and solved more than 20 years ago? It's a stupid article.
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