And starting in January, I know exactly who can run it for them.
Posted on 09/05/2012 2:52:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Africa needs its own space research agency, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir told a regional conference of communications ministers who met on Wednesday as the continent's IT sector grows.
"I'm calling for the biggest project, an African space agency," Mr Bashir said in remarks opening the two-day conference. "Africa must have its space agency."
Known as AfriSpace, it would enable "cooperation among African states in space research and technology and their space applications," crucial to the continent's development, says a working document issued for the African Union conference.
When they last met in Nigeria two years ago, ministers asked the African Union Commission to conduct a feasibility study for AfriSpace. At the Khartoum talks they are expected to ask for AU implementation of the study, which aims to provide a "roadmap for the creation of the African Space Agency."
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Just what they need.
Of course, why not? Fund it with billions in American foreign aid. Great idea.
Makes so much more sense than feeding themselves.
Maybe they should learn to grow food and not use albinos for magic potions first.
And starting in January, I know exactly who can run it for them.
Yea...with about 2/3 of the africans either starving to death, sick with weird jungle rot, killing each other or generally dancing around aimlessly and generally living 12th century lives, you’d think they would have other priorities.
I agree.
It should be named the National African Space Agency (NASA) and it should have as its primary focus the encouragement of Christians and Jews to feel good about their accomplishments.
Wasn’t The Master Cylinder from the old Bugs Bunny cartoons in the African Space Program?
I wish I knew how to post pictures.
Plant some corn instead. The last thing we need is Somali Pirates in space?
Why not....we just learned a few threads earlier that Nigeria has a navy...
Ok, but you cannot have a UFO without a permit from the UN.
xactly...like a good 5 cent pay toilet or running chlorinated water and sanitation...anything so they can quit drinking their own crap, piss and other varied discharges... but then again , germs? germs? That’s a whitemans thing.
we dont have no steenkin germs!
The power of illiteracy and misguided ideas...but I guess he too can dream, especially if he is not footing the bill.
And our kenyan came from such stock!
Oh, great...
Are they going to fund it through even more scam emails?
“Blackie’s on the moon.”
Why don’t they get started in technology by first building an out house?
No, my bad! I was thinking of Marvin the Martian! :)
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