African Space Research Programme work on the African Skyhawk jet

Volunteers from the African Space Research Programme work on the African Skyhawk jet in a suburb of Kampala, Uganda.

The programme aims to launch a Ugandan into space in the next decade.

Chris Nsamba says that at one time or another every successful scientist has been called a madman and in the rambling Ntinda suburb of Kampala it seems there were plenty of people who thought Nsamba was crazy when he embarked upon a project to send the first Ugandan into space - from the backyard of his mother's home.

Time will tell!

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