KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 (Bernama) -- The government will carry out a post-mortem on the first astronaut programme before deciding on sending the second astronaut, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Saturday.
"We will have a post-mortem first and then examine the possibility," he said after attending the Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers open house at the Putra World Trade Centre here.
The country's first astronaut Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Sheikh Mustapha is expected to land on October 21 at a location in Siberia before flying to Moscow.
He is expected to touch down at around 6pm (Moscow time) and at a location about 1,500 kilometres from the Russian capital.
Najib said he would be leaving for Moscow on October 20 to greet Dr Sheikh Muszaphar following his landing.
He said the Russian authorities have advised the Malaysian delegation to wait for Dr Sheikh Muszaphar in Moscow rather than Siberia due to logistics reasons.
"The landing is in Siberia but conditions in Siberia do not permit us to be there," he added.
After sending Dr Sheikh Muszaphar to space, there has been a proposal for back-up candidate Kapt Dr Faiz Khaleed to be given an opportunity to join a coming space mission.
-- BERNAMA
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