The forgotten Zambian space program was the brainchild of Edward Makuka Nkoloso, a science teacher who dared to dream big. Following independence for the central African nation in 1964, Makuka Nkoloso founded the National Academy of Science, Space Research and Philosophy, Zambia’s first (and completely unofficial) space academy.
As the self-appointed Director-General, Makuka Nkoloso announced in a 1964 op-ed, We’re Going to Mars! With a Spacegirl, Two Cats and a Missionary, that the academy would win the space race by putting a person on the moon by 1965. He even insisted that if the Zambian government and citizenry had not been distracted by independence celebrations, they’d be there already.
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3 comments:
I like a guy who dreams big,
Now there's a man who reaches for the stars! And yes, take the spacegirl and the two cats, but lose the missionary.
Because the last thing I want to hear is Bible thumping over the hum of the warp engines. That wooshing sound would be the last thing he would hear as I put him into space.
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