Nigeria president aims for space in 2020
Aerospace Friday, July 29, 2005 . This is a SciScoop post by Drog
Nigerian newspapers today quotes the president Olusegun Obasanjo for saying that Nigeria would be in space in the next 15 years.
"In 15 to 25 years, we will put Nigeria into space. We will get there. It is not as unattainable as it looks. And we have to do it."
source: newspaperindex.com
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2 Responses to Nigeria president aims for space in 2020
chad
July 30th, 2005 at 7:24 am
Wow… They’re definitely not on my top-10 list of countries going into space any time soon—or even my top 50. Hope they make it.
apsmith
July 31st, 2005 at 9:15 am
Nigeria has the biggest population of any African nation. They have quite a diverse population. If they’re aiming to follow India, for instance, India may be 8 or 9 times as big, but it has been launching satellites since 1980. Not so unlikely that Nigeria would follow along.