Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't a better Africa 'for our children' one where their basic necessities are guaranteed? Food, Cloth and shelter? One where they get a decent education and thereafter opportunities to ply their trades? Where they have access to clean water and good healthy food? One where they are safe and free from corruption and can enjoy a quality life?

Ama what exactly does 'A better Africa mean'? One full of rockets and satellites?

yani better is subsistence to you? what you describe is exactly what I went through (I appreciate that not everyone did that but most of the people here had food, clothing, shelter, went to fairly good schools and got an opportunity to ply my trade as soon as i cleared school). i had access to clean water and good healthy food. ION those things should be provided by parents. a society that is better is a society where gava does things that individuals cannot do... build roads, do proper research e.t.c. a space program should be in my mind what iHub is to technology... a research hub where minds meet and solve problems. a space program that imports expensive technology is a waste but one that builds its own should be funded. @Mukiri, a gava should be able to skate stairs and chew gum at the same time.

the problem is that you see a space program as only being the sending of rockets into space. Read my prior comment on the benefits of a space program. No one has commented on those benefits instead people focus on a "rocket" that is worth 6 billion (2/3 the cost of the BVR devices we imported). the space program in India's case is a billion dollar project a year. hiring lots of scientists to do what they do best - solve problems. the current setup in our country is that our scientists are either teaching in university or working in banks!!

They can't even design a simple farming wheelbarrow. Only bragging the empty titles