What shocked me the most about this story is that there actually is a Kenya Space Agency. I mean, why? What rockets have they launched? Are they funder by USAID?

So many questions…

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Rick T · March 7, 2025 at 6:53 pm

Kenya’s coast is almost on the equator so it is a preferred site for rocket launches. Witness where Starbase TX is, Cape Canaveral, and the EU launch site in French Guiana. Russia’s launch site is way north so they mostly launch high inclination orbits, and Vandenberg is used for polar or other high angle orbit launches from what I remember reading.

I will bet the KSA is trying to convince some suckers (I mean Investors) to come in and build the infrastructure to be another launch facility

it's just Boris · March 7, 2025 at 7:19 pm

I think it’s just so they have a shot at a guest appearance on South Park.

Dan D. · March 8, 2025 at 9:05 pm

This reminded me of the parody short “The Old Negro Space Program” – it is (amazingly) still on YouTube if you want to search for it.

NASSA, baby.

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