Again I ask...
How does this make muslims feel good about themselves?
“and perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science … and math and engineering,” - Charles Bolden, Obama’s NASA director...
We call Ptolemy’s great work on astronomy, written in Greek, by its Arabic name. We use Arabic names for a number of the brightest stars (Vega, Altair, Rigel, Deneb, etc.). Isn’t that enough tribute to medieval Muslim astronomers?
Rosetta's mission ended with a controlled impact onto Comet 67P's surface.Suicide bomber.
-PJ