Kosher Space Station
NASA is about to begin a series of consultations with rabbis as part of preparations for the stay of Jewish astronauts in its international space station.
The agency is seeking to consult rabbis regarding the necessary arrangements and ways to uphold the Torah in space. Among other things, there is a need to determine at every stage in the space flight the position of Jerusalem in relation to the space station, so that astronauts know which was to turn when praying.
And other issues include the keeping of kosher food and the keeping of Shabbas in space. The international space station is supposed to receive in the coming years guest experts from other countries, and an effort has been made to send Israeli scientists to the station.
The agency is seeking to consult rabbis regarding the necessary arrangements and ways to uphold the Torah in space. Among other things, there is a need to determine at every stage in the space flight the position of Jerusalem in relation to the space station, so that astronauts know which was to turn when praying.
And other issues include the keeping of kosher food and the keeping of Shabbas in space. The international space station is supposed to receive in the coming years guest experts from other countries, and an effort has been made to send Israeli scientists to the station.
posted by VOS IZ NEIAS @ 4/26/2006 10:39:00 AM
9 Comments:
At 11:14 AM,
Anonymous said…
"Torah lav bashomayim hie"! No need for all this. The rabbis just want to get paid nice sums of money for their consultations.
At 11:44 AM,
Anonymous said…
i am a rabbi take me up to space i'll do it for free pypnisa
At 12:16 PM,
Anonymous said…
rabbis wanting to get paid? if i understood the article correctly, it's nasa that's consulting with rabbis. do you have a personal ax to grind with rabbis?
At 2:15 PM,
Anonymous said…
Stupid! When NASA consults with rabbis, the rabbis get paid. So, instead of the rabbis saying that its not an issue at all and you can do whatever you want theyre saying it is an issue and lengthening the process of the consultation by guiding them with halacha. So, theyre gettting paid for what they should really not be.
At 4:04 PM,
Anonymous said…
where does it say in the article that the rabbis are getting paid?
At 10:07 PM,
Anonymous said…
Some things are implied, stupid!! You really think rabbis would consult with NASA for free, huh?
At 12:06 AM,
Anonymous said…
I hope there is a chabad up there.
At 12:36 PM,
Anonymous said…
your comments genuis, imlpy that you have your own agenda against rabbis. on the other if you're jealous of rabbis getting paid for consultations, why don't you become a rabbi yourself? this way you'll get paid too! Then again, maybe you're not such a genuis after all & don't have the brains to become a rabbi, that's why you're jealous!!!
At 3:16 PM,
Anonymous said…
doesn't it say in hallel "Hashamaim Samiem la'Hashem vi'horetz nosan lifnei adom"
(no jew that ever went to space came down alive!!!!)
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