Malaysia’s second space mission is unlikely to take place in the next couple of years, according to National Space Agency director-general Dr Mustafa Subari.
“It is ongoing but it won’t happen in the next few years, maybe at the end of the tenth Malaysia plan (10MP). But the commitment given by the government under the 10MP is a good start,” he said.
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Malaysia has plans to have the astronaut stay longer in the ISS for the second mission, unlike the first mission where the first astronaut spent just ten days conducting five experiments in October 2007.
“For the second mission, we hope to have the astronaut stay longer in the ISS, maybe a few weeks to months, so that he can carry out more scientific experiments on micro gravity,” he added.
The funding for the project has been estimated to be around $20m, however, no allocation has been finalised to date, according to Bernama.
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