It is sad that we in Egypt have ignored the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 and it is even much sadder to forget the role of Egyptian Dr. Farouk El-Baz in this great human achievement. I do not find a reason for this except ignorance !!
The above photos are from Dr. El-Baz’ official website.
By the way I wonder who is currently the scientific advisor of President Mubarak !!?? Dr. El-Baz was the scientific advisor of President Sadat and Dr. Ahmed Zoweil is among the advisor of Obama , I am just wondering !!
Another thing , rumor says that the elder brother of Dr. Farouk , Dr. Osama became the former advisor of President Mubarak as a result of his opposition to inheritance ;)
guess what, Albaaz did this with an american team not alone, so it's not like he is only who did it as you try to show.
ReplyDeleteand did I say that he was acting alone in the Apollo team !!??
ReplyDeleteIt is not my problem that you understand another thing , already I believe I was more than clear in my post
you never said he acted alone but you talk like he acted alone, then why you wrote the whole blog for christ sake then?
ReplyDeletewhat is your real problem !!??
ReplyDeleteZeinobia, it seems many people have problem with Egyptians so let me add more info according to Wikipedia:
ReplyDeleteDr. Farouk El-Baaz parciticpated in Apollo's program as a "Supervisor of Lunar Science Planning" and he was secretary of "Landing Site Selection Committee" for the landing mission. Moreover, he was the "Chairman of the Astronaut Tranning Group". As for the later position, "Alfred Worden", commander pilot of Apollo 15 which was orbiting Moon for the 1st time mentioned that "After the King's [Farooq nickname] tranning, I feel like I have been here before"
As for your wondering, I've no idea!
@Hicham , some people are just mad to find a real achievement for us recognized worldwide because simply this defies what they are trying to promote about us
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