RE: Why There Are No Muslim Astronauts
May 16, 2014 at 3:31 pm
(This post was last modified: May 16, 2014 at 3:32 pm by Confused Ape.)
(May 16, 2014 at 3:19 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Yeah but only the last guy had the benefit of the FATWA council coming up with a plan for wasting time in space.
The rest of them must have been stoned when they got back!
They wouldn't have dared to stone the first Muslim in space.

Sultan bin Salman Al Saud
Quote:Sultan bin Salman (Arabic: سلطان بن سلمان بن عبد العزيز آل سعود (born 27 June 1956) is a former Royal Saudi Air Force pilot who flew aboard the STS-51-G Space Shuttle mission as a payload specialist, and a member of the House of Saud. He is thus the first astronaut of royal blood, and the first Arab and Muslim to fly in outer space.
Sultan also holds the record for being the youngest person to fly on the Space Shuttle, at the age of 28.[9][10]



