By Sylvester Thompson
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has said that with a total of six satellites launches, Nigeria is a major player in space technology, listed among owners of man-made objects orbiting the earth.
Engr Aishatu Umar, the NSE Giri branch chairman, disclosed this in her remark at a public lecture tagged “The Impact of Space Engineering on Industralisation’’ held on Wednesday in Abuja.
Umar said that Nigeria achieved such feat through national commitment and focus on development of technology and human capital to meet `our needs, as a nation, in the space sphere.’
She said that one of the satellites orbiting the earth today was solely designed by Nigerian scientists and engineers.
The Chairman said the achievement was as a result of the collaboration between National Space Research and and Development Agency, Federal University of Technology, Akure and Japanese University.
Aishatu said further that sustaining the momentum of…
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