ElverGalarga El/Rey  12d ago (x.com) 531 thread views #333881 earned 224 coins from votes

African Despot's Missile Program Upper Stage Has Issues

https://x.com/quasargoon_/status/1880041760883396896

lol idk this made me laugh

but honestly rockets are like the one thing that I can really back Elon on

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!r-slurs !historychads !christians the Zambian Christian Space Program is still some of the most rDrama things to have ever existed! :chad:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Makuka_Nkoloso#Space_program

From 1960 until sometime after 1969, Nkoloso's "space program" sought to accomplish the launching of a rocket that would send 17-year-old Matha Mwambwa and two cats to the Moon. There were also plans for a trip to Mars. Nkoloso hoped to beat the United States and Soviet Union's respective space programs at the height of the Space Race.

To train the astronauts, Nkoloso set up a makeshift facility on an abandoned farm 11 kilometres (7 mi) from Lusaka, where the trainees would be rolled down a rough hill in a 200-litre (55 US gal, 44 imp gal) oil drum. This, according to Nkoloso, would train them in the feeling of weightlessness in both space travel and re-entry. In addition, they used a tyre swing to simulate weightlessness.

Nkoloso stated that the goals of the program were to establish a Christian ministry to "primitive" Martians and the hope of Zambia becoming the "controllers of the seventh heaven of interstellar space". However, he reportedly instructed the missionary in the space program not to force Christianity onto native Martians. :gigachad2:

The rocket, named D-Kalu 1 after President Kenneth Kaunda, was a 3-metre by 2-metre (10x6 ft) drum-shaped vessel. Nkoloso claimed that it was made of "space-worthy" aluminium and copper. The planned launch date was on Independence Day, 24 October 1964 and would take place from the Independence Stadium, but the launch was purportedly denied permission due to being inappropriate.

He wanted the plane to stop so he could walk on the clouds, he had also been planning to send some of his trainee astronauts on a round space-trip to the sun as well. https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/002/306/067/669.jpg

It is said that he then asked UNESCO for a grant of ยฃ7,000,000 in Zambian pounds to support his space program. It is also said he requested $1.9 billion from "private foreign sources". However, the Ministry of Power, Transport and Communication is reported as stating those requests had not been made on the behalf of Zambia.

The term "Afronauts", coined by Nkoloso, refers to the participants of this program with hopes of bringing not just Zambia, but also the entire continent of Africa, to space.[4]

Interviewed in 2016, President Kenneth Kaunda said of the space program that "It wasn't a real thing ... It was more for fun than anything else."

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Nkoloso stated that the goals of the program were to establish a Christian ministry to "primitive" Martians and the hope of Zambia becoming the "controllers of the seventh heaven of interstellar space". However, he reportedly instructed the missionary in the space program not to force Christianity onto native Martians. :gigachad2:

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This shit wallet can't even get his little toys working on the 8th try

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Stupid Absolute Asshat Yikes on Bikes Elon!!!!

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!saar

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So before I even open this post, I'm guessing the project has been severely marred by nepotism, corruption, embezzlement, and key figures being people who exaggerated their qualifications.

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No not a Boeing :marseyblack: launch

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Turns out it wasnt denonated on purpose like the other times, it was unplanned disassembly

Hopefully FAA doesn't frick them in the butt again so we have to wait until next Christmas for a launch

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Yeah could have been potentially an issue but it looked cool as frick

I would imagine that several aircraft altered their flight paths due to this incident, which will need a comprehensive investigation by the FAA. However, good thing is that SpaceX has the flexibility to make any necessary adjustments during this period. Hopefully, the investigation won't be too long, assuming there were no injuries on the ground.

Looks like the FAA confirmed that some debris had landed outside the exclusion zone.

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Add another zero to that government bill

During preliminary reviews in 2011, the launch date was placed somewhere between 2019 and 2021, but afterwards the launch date was delayed to 2023.[30][31] As of September 2024, the mission was expected to launch no earlier than September 2025.[32] However, in October 2024, the NASA Office of Inspector General determined that the Exploration Ground Systems team had already used up their time reserved for resolving any unforeseen issues, leading the office to determine that the September 2025 launch date will likely be delayed.[28] In December 2024, outgoing Administrator Nelson announced that the launch was delayed due to the months of engineering investigations into issues with the life support system and heat shield,[33][34] but should occur no later than April 2026.

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Your brain has completely rotted. You are a vile person, I hope you go outside one day. There is so much wrong with what you are saying, but I'm too tired and you are too horrible of a person to learn.

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so ... snappy is programmed by indians?

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holy shit...piss

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