Last year, Nigeria's National Space Research and Development Agency announced plans to send a man into space by 2030. The howls of derision that followed the announcement could be heard from Jupiter.
Some of the dismissals were, no doubt, fuelled by ignorance after all the agency has launched five satellites since 2003, including one designed by its own engineers; three are still in orbit, analysing climate change data, and providing other forms of intelligence.
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