Nigeria Reaches for the Stars With Space Program

尼日利亚太空项目已触手卫星

Published June 24, 2013

此视频发布于2013年6月24日

Nigeria’s space program is reputed to be one of Africa’s largest, with three satellites in orbit and an ambitious plan to send the first African astronaut into space by 2015. Critics say space dreams are a waste of money in a country wracked by poverty, insecurity and environmental disasters. Heather Murdock reports for VOA from Abuja that space officials say even if the program is in its beginning stages, it is already helping to address some of these problems.

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