Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Monday waded into dangerous waters of accountability by the Twitterati for claiming that the Hubble Space Telescope was sent into space by Pakistan’s aeronautics and aerospace research agency SUPARCO, instead of its US counterpart NASA.
While speaking in a programme on a local news channel, the minister said, “The world’s biggest telescope was sent by Suparco [Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission]”.
“One of the ways to see is the Hubble Telescope, which is the world’s biggest telescope and was sent [into space] by Suparco, which is installed in a satellite. Then there are other satellites, and there are other types of technologies,” he added.
People were quick to point out the minister’s ignorance and poor knowledge of science and Twitter exploded with memes soon after his ill-informed statements.
Ladies and gentlemen, after Rs 55 per kilometer helicopter ride, here are the new pearls of wisdom by our Einsteinonian minister of Science and Technology His Excellency Fawad Chaudhry claiming to have Hubble Telescope sent into the orbit. pic.twitter.com/Yg3F2C2EIW
— Murtaza Solangi (@murtazasolangi) May 6, 2019
About the Hubble Space Telescope | NASA. Must read this @fawadchaudhry – there has been no known collaboration between NASA and SUPARCO… https://t.co/zxK7nymMGv
— Nasim Zehra (@NasimZehra) May 6, 2019
— Waseem Asghrtfppoda.k kkz (@KkzWaseem) May 5, 2019
