Malaysia Weights Buying Russia Spacecraft

Malaysia is thinking of buying the Russian craft that carried the first Malaysian into space and putting it on exhibit to stimulate scientific interest among the country's youths.

Russia's space agency offered to sell the Soyuz TMA-11 craft to Malaysia and that negotiations were under way.

To the Russian, the spacecraft has no value anymore. Instead of throwing it to scrapyard, might as well sell to Malaysia; which the government will take it as something very valuable like gold bar.

If they were to purchase the Soyuz, where they wanna display it? Is it worth buying that just for display purposes? or should the government spend the money on other 'more important' stuff? How on earth by having that spacecraft in Malaysia will stimulate the scientific interest among the youths? No offence, but I really don't understand-loh

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