Rukhnama in Space
After sending its flag and an image of the presidential standard, a five-headed eagle, Turkmenistan has dispatched more national paraphernalia into space. This time it will be a copy of the first part of the Rukhnama, the sacred text penned by President Saparmurat Niyazov.
The book is part of the payload on the Russian-owned Dnepr rocket, which was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The main aim of the launch, in what was one of two rockets sent into space, was related to a Japanese scientific project. The shuttle is set to return to earth in no less than 150 years.
on January 31st, 2006 at 2:46 pm
I can think of a few things that I would send into space… how about Turkmenbashi himself!
on October 30th, 2006 at 1:43 pm
What an ego this guy has! This is like scientology on crack.