Interviewed By Tamer El-Maghraby |
Zakaria is the founder of the Malaysian Institute of Aero and Space Studies, and the Malaysian Chapter of the Space Tourism Society. |
According to Norul Ridzuan Zakaria, space tourism is the answer to the space needs of Malaysia and other developing nations. By adopting a space tourism industry and its supporting services, developing nations can both offer space travel for their own citizens as well as drive other industries.
Zakaria is the founder of the Malaysian Institute of Aero and Space Studies, a voluntary organization that promotes aero and space travel studies in Malaysia. Under his organization, Zakaria was also able to establish Space Future Consulting Malaysia under the umbrella of Space Future in November 2004, and the Malaysian Chapter of the Space Tourism Society in July 2006.
Ever since resigning from the Malaysian Space Agency in 1995, Zakaria has been promoting space tourism in Malaysia and the developing world. He presented the first lecture on space tourism in Malaysia at a seminar at the School of Aerospace Engineering, University Science Malaysia in July 1999, and wrote the first book in the Malay language on space commercialization, titled "Introductory Space Economy" in February 2003. He was also part of an international team of space tourism experts that presented a proposal to the state government of Perak, Malaysia in November 2004 on how to develop a spaceport for space tourism there.
In May 2007, he presented a paper titled "The Symbiotic Relationship between Astronaut Program and Space Tourism Development - A Third World Perspective" at the 2nd International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety, a conference sponsored by ESA, NASA, JAXA and ROSCOSMOS in Chicago, USA. The paper proposed the benefits of promoting and undergoing space tourism in the third world to act as an alternative to expensive space programs established by developed nations.
IslamOnline.net (IOL): Mr. Zakaria, thank you for joining us. I understand that you worked for about 4 years for the Malaysian Space Agency and its precursor the Malaysian Space Science Studies Division. What is the spirit there like and what do people want to achieve in the field of space?
Norul Ridzuan Zakaria: The working environment in the space agency was fine. Most of the workers there were proud to work at the space agency, just like people in other space agencies, because the organization is unique compared to other government agencies.
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Achievement
- Represents STS-MC to 4th IAASS Conference, Huntsville, US.
- Awarded as world 1st music video for space tourism by Space Tourism Society, US.
- Participate in MISTI (Minggu Sains Teknologi dan ICT Johor) with STS-MC
- "Ticket to the Moon" as an opening video for MISTI ceremony.
- Supported by the Perak Mufti Department and will be given advice in the areas of syariah on the elements in the religious field.
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