Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Nigeria and Ghana leading Africa's journey to space

As the US space programme loses momentum with the retirement of the space shuttle, those of Nigeria and Ghana and Nigeria are just taking off.

Nigeria founded its National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) in 1999 with the intent of using and developing space technology that would translate into socio-economic benefits for the population at large. It launched its first satellite in 2003.

Nigeria has made great strides in satellite technology in the past decade with the

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