Having its first citizen go into space would demonstrate Nigeria’s capabilities, build expertise, and bring the benefits of space exploration and development.
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Despite what you may think, Australia has a long history of space activities. But this is the first time the Australian public has been asked its opinions on space.
As signatories, Nigeria and Rwanda are demonstrating their commitment to safe, sustainable use of outer space. This should have multiple benefits.
As US-Africa leaders meet, it should be clear that aligning respective goals, priorities and actions is in the interests of the US and of African countries.
African countries need to be more deliberate in developing space capabilities.
Africa’s outer space programme can help the continent meet its other flagship goals.
The future of Australia’s space efforts will hinge on coordination between defence, industry and universities.
An expert says Nigeria’s capacity to access space support for development and security will be affected if its satellite goes down.
Perseverance follows in the tracks of Curiosity. The latter’s touchdown on Martian soil in 2012 marked the first successful use of several pioneering space technologies.
Researchers have spotted millions of galaxies in the most detailed radio survey of the southern sky ever conducted. It has smashed previous records for survey speed.
Scientists are hoping to turn tiny spacecraft into starships by coupling them with large solar sails.
Top contributors
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Scientific Officer, Obafemi Awolowo University
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Law lecturer, University of Calabar
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ARC DECRA Fellow, Centre for Hypersonics, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland
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Chair for Intelligent Space Systems and Director, UNSW Canberra Space, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Space Governance, Flinders University
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James Watt Chair, Professor of Engineering Science, University of Glasgow
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Research fellow, Australian National University
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Research Associate of Systems Power & Energy, University of Glasgow
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Senior lecturer, UNSW Sydney
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Chair, Australian Centre for Space Governance, Australian National University
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ASKAP lead scientist, CSIRO
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Research Associate of Systems Power and Energy, University of Glasgow
