The Real, Actual Zambian Space Program

In the 1960s, as the US and USSR competed to be the first to land a man on the moon, the newly independent African nation of Zambia launched their own space program. Roundly mocked by the international press, historians and Zambians alike still debate what the Zambian space program really was: an honest attempt at reaching space on a shoestring budget? A parody of the West's overinflated ambitions? Or was it a cover for something more sinister? What else should Edward Nkoloso have worked on while he was trying to get to space? A reusable rocket-catcher that uses actual bamboo chopsticks -   / membership   An electric car startup with windup cars - https://x.com/parsons_tor Brain-computer interface that attaches two tin cans and a piece of string to your brain -   / mrsluds   AI chatbot that's actually Matha Mwambwa in a box -   / tor.in.oregon   Learn more: https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/...    • Afronauts: Interview with Edward Nkoloso |...   (full interview with Nkoloso, partially shown in this video) https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cul... (by far the most in-depth source, written by Namwali Serpell, who I cited in the video) http://blogs.bootsnall.com/theglobalt... (an op-ed by Nkoloso himself in which he talks about bringing Christianity to Martians, among other things)