What's on Mthoko's mind?

I often watch space videos on YouTube & wonder how Africa could unite to inhabit Mars. It costs a lot of money & research so I doubt it would happen any time soon but if it were to happen, I have an idea of how it could be done. We have Nigerian-based Space in Africa & another African Space Research Agency based in Addis Ababa so we won't be starting from nothing. Africa is not new to extraterrestrial studies. The Dogon people are said to have discovered the stars Sirius A & Sirius B long before the Western world. Some African mythologies have always claimed that their nation originated from the skies & so it's not strange to me that Africa would one day explore space. So let me play Edward Makuka Nkoloso & plan Africa's mission to Mars.  • THE CREW: Afronauts would be a  1) 45 year old Nigerian man  2) 40 year old Nigerian man  3) 35 year old Nigerian woman  4) 30 year old Botswanan lady  5) 40 year old Kenyan man  6) 35 year...

I did a blog about why Africans need to focus on Africa & not so much on extraterrestrial activities before but it came from a very isolationist view & didn't assume Africa would ever really participate in global activities but the world is overly connected & globalised. Maybe too interconnected & globalised to the extent that you're in truth more connected to someone on another continent than someone in your neighborhood. We may need an extraterrestrial colony simply for more room in a cramped world & continent apart from other threats.  Africa isn't new to extraterrestrial "missions", some African goods have been taken outside this planet. Even though space travel isn't exactly cheap, there are some cheaper spacecraft models we could copy to send a self-sustaining & self-sufficient eco-system to Mars with some of Africa's more resilient plant species. A self-sufficient & self-sustaining ecosystem is e...