HOUSTON (The Thursday Times) — NASA ke teen astronauts ne zameen se taqreeban 400km oopar waqe International Space Station se US ke midterm elections mein vote de diya hai, astronaut Anil Menon ne Mangal ko kaha.
"Ji haan, aap space se bhi vote de sakte hain! US ke teeno crew members ko space station se vote dene ka aizaz hasil hua. Hum ne electronic ballot bhara aur use mehfooz tareeqe se election officials ko bhej diya," Menon ne X par likha. Luke Delaney aur Jessica Watkins station par maujood baqi do American hain.
Aik mukhtasar video mein, "I voted" ka sticker lagaye, Menon ne apna "voting booth" dikhaya, jo dar asl un ke sone ki jagah hai. "Is ke andar mera computer hai, jahan main ne electronic form bhar kar use Harris County ko bheja taake main aaj vote de sakoon," unhon ne kaha.
NASA ke zyada tar astronauts Harris County, Texas mein register hain, jahan Houston ka Johnson Space Center waqe hai. Texas ne 1997 mein space se vote dene ki ijazat dene wala qanoon manzoor kiya, aur astronaut David Wolf ne usi saal is ke teht Russia ke Mir space station se vote diya.
Ballot ko wapas pahunchne ke liye lamba rasta tai karna parta hai. NASA ke mutabiq, yeh relay satellite ke zariye New Mexico mein zameeni antenna tak, phir Houston mein Mission Control tak, aur aakhir mein county clerk tak pahunchta hai. Ise encrypt kiya jata hai taake sirf astronaut aur clerk hi ise parh sakein.
Pehle polls Pakistan ke waqt ke mutabiq Budh ko subah 4 baje band honge. Nateeje yahan dekhein.
