Friday, November 21, 2025

Voyagers of the Eternal Night: A Journey Through the Silent Oceans of Space


Thirty years ago I gave a talk on Space Travel at the National Science Centre in Kuala Lumpur on behalf of the Malaysian Senior Scientists Association (MSSA) at the invitation of Senior Academician Emeritus Professor Tan Sri Dato Dr Augustine SH Ong who then was the Founder and President of MSSA.  


Surprisingly, it was very crowded, and among them, far at the back of the auditorium I spotted an old friend of mine - Captain Lim Khoy Hing who was then an airline captain flying the Boeing 777 with MAS, and later with AirAsia on Airbus A320, AirAsia X A330/A340 . He was sitting there quietly listening to my "judo argument" or rather an intellectual discourse the horrendous hurdles of humans attempting space flights to another world

 

Today, 30 years later, I still remember some of the highlights

in my presentation at the National Science Centre. I then

 decided to write a more detailed account of my thoughts then, and break them into 6 parts for easier reading to

 dedicate them to Captain KH Lim after reading his

 interesting account  two days ago about  having robots to

 pilot future aircrafts here:   

 

https://askcaptainlim.com/pilotless-commercial-passenger-aircraft-is-it-a-bad-idea/

 

Below is just part 5 of my article on space travels.

 

https://scientificlogic.blogspot.com/search?q=space+travel

 

Readers need to continue to scroll down for the rest of the parts. All the parts are devoted to Captain KH Lim. I hope he enjoys it along with the rest of my gentle readers  

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Voyagers of the Eternal Night: A Journey Through the Silent Oceans of Space

Thirty years ago I gave a talk on Space Travel at the National Science Centre in Kuala Lumpur on behalf of the Malaysian Senior Scientists A...