Congo goes to the moon
Written by Gino on August 19, 2009 – 9:55 am -
Astronauts? Cosmonauts? Negronauts? How shall we call them? Since recently, the Democratic Republic of Congo has its own space program, or at least, that’s what they call it. A couple of months ago, Congo launched the “Troposphère V”, the third rocket that should have gone into the orbit. The rocket is higher, heavier and more powerful than all its predecessors, and it should be going up to 36 kilometers into space at the speed of Mach 3, which is three times the speed of sound.
They also launched the first Congolese living creature, a rat. At least, that was the intention. How it all worked out in practise can be seen in the clip below here… The rocket didn’t go off into the right direction, but they really considered it a “giant leap in their technology”…
It must be said, the Congolese people remain very, very optimistic!
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