Ugandan works on space project from mother's backyard
KAMPALA — Chris Nsamba says that at one time or another every successful scientist has been called a madman, and some think he is crazy about working to send the first Ugandan into space -- from the backyard of his mother's home.
"People around here used to come and see and say he was mad, but they come back now and are impressed," Nsamba's mother, Sarah Lugwama, told AFP, waving towards a group of eight volunteers sanding the left wing of the hulking craft parked under a jackfruit tree in the garden.
The craft named the African Skyhawk, which looks like a bulky glider with a wingspan of 10 metres (33 feet), will reach into the earth's outer atmosphere, says Nsamba, the founder of the African Space Research Programme.
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