We’re going to Mars! With a Space Girl, Two Cats and a Missionary.
Below is an official letter written by Edward Makuka Nkoloso, that was published by TIME Magazine in 1964.
In
anticipation of the 1964 independence of Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia), TIME Magazine reported that the Zambia National Academy of Science, and Space Research was gearing up for missions to the Moon and Mars. The Academy’s self-appointed director, and grade school science teacher, Edward Makuka Nkoloso, was confident that Zambia’s galactic goals would be achieved by 1965, beating both the Russians and the Americans.
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