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Dreaming the Wrong Dream?

Maggie Aderin-Pocock looks at the surprising history of African space exploration.

Space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock visits Nigeria, the birthplace of her father, to look at why African nations are apparently so keen to journey into the future as a space-going continent. She explores the passionate desire among some to fly against the continent鈥檚 impoverished stereotype and join the space race.

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