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The Space Station Built By USA In Kano That Helped For The First Moon Landing by salesbloo: 8:29am On Aug 26, 2023 |
Nigerians are aware that over the last decade the nation has launched a couple of satellites into space in a move to enhance the telecommunications capacity of the government; with more plans for the first Nigerian to probe beyond the earth surface by 2030. But what people are not widely aware of is the role Kano state played towards the first landing of humans on the surface of the moon. During the Second World War of 1939-1945, the Allied Forces fighting against Germany in Asia needed food supply to feed the legions of African and European battalions battling the Japanese Army in South-East Asia. The British Colonial government saw a massive food reserve in the sky-rising pyramids of groundnuts in the northwestern state of Kano , and decided to build Nigeria's first airport there as a base to move food supplies and jet fuel from Africa to the troops in Burma. Surprisingly, when that war was over---following the defeat of Germany---another bloodless war (The Space War) came about between two former allies (USA and USSR) that would place Kano right in the thick of squabbling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn5bv76vKrw With Germany fallen by the way side, and former world superpower England, badly bruised in the 2nd World War, Russia and USA began jostling for a chance to be the next technological/military advanced power. It was an epic competition that began with the development of nuclear weapons and culminated into a race for space superiority. The USA had been promoting free market system of capitalism as the sure-fire medium of private wealth accumulation, but for the Soviet Union, the theory that resources should be generally shared by all was the predominant school of thought for collective prosperity. The space station in Kano was part of the centres used by NASA in the Gemini diet to communicate with astronauts in space and make it possible for USA to defeat the Russians in the space race of the 60s. The Americans finally became the first to flyby Mars , Venus , Saturn and other planets to such a superior level that in 1998, both countries agreed to form a team in what is now known as the International Space Station. As we remember the first moon landing after 51 years, the preparation of USA will always be grateful to Kano for hosting a space station communications centre for NASA in 1962-1967. https://ng.opera.news/ng/en/science/bf46e74727a0e7f4d029ea43451884ae 1 Like
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Re: The Space Station Built By USA In Kano That Helped For The First Moon Landing by salesbloo: 8:32am On Aug 26, 2023 |
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Re: The Space Station Built By USA In Kano That Helped For The First Moon Landing by RECTEM: 8:43am On Aug 26, 2023 |
Stop 3 Likes |
Re: The Space Station Built By USA In Kano That Helped For The First Moon Landing by salesbloo: 8:49am On Aug 26, 2023 |
RECTEM:Absolutely 3 Likes |
Re: The Space Station Built By USA In Kano That Helped For The First Moon Landing by Kenneth4u205(m): 8:52am On Aug 26, 2023 |
May this space station favour Ebola and forged Chicago certificate 1 Like |
Re: The Space Station Built By USA In Kano That Helped For The First Moon Landing by Alchemy528: 8:56am On Aug 26, 2023 |
They want to use this logic now and take over kano |
Re: The Space Station Built By USA In Kano That Helped For The First Moon Landing by Jackson619007: 9:00am On Aug 26, 2023 |
History is cool if you know the main story, but useless if you don't. |
Re: The Space Station Built By USA In Kano That Helped For The First Moon Landing by Akaegwu(m): 9:03am On Aug 26, 2023 |
Trying to understand why history is forbidden in Nigeria. |
Re: The Space Station Built By USA In Kano That Helped For The First Moon Landing by olisaEze(m): 9:07am On Aug 26, 2023 |
Akaegwu: So that the labors of our heroes past shall finally end up in vain, while they set up themselves as tin gods by sharing two mudu of brown beans to the loudest of their supporters as dividends of democracy! 2 Likes |
Re: The Space Station Built By USA In Kano That Helped For The First Moon Landing by Wawelexy(m): 9:14am On Aug 26, 2023 |
Wow! Never heard of this, and yet some clowns wants history to be scrapped in Nigeria |
Re: The Space Station Built By USA In Kano That Helped For The First Moon Landing by udede(m): 9:36am On Aug 26, 2023 |
Wawelexy:a vain attempt at burying atrocities of the civil war 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: The Space Station Built By USA In Kano That Helped For The First Moon Landing by salesbloo: 10:08am On Aug 26, 2023 |
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Re: The Space Station Built By USA In Kano That Helped For The First Moon Landing by salesbloo: 10:12am On Aug 26, 2023 |
udede: Oby Ezekwesili was partly responsible for removal of history from the Nigerian curriculum during Obasanjo in 2007, but thank goodness President Buhari brought it back in 2022 |
Re: The Space Station Built By USA In Kano That Helped For The First Moon Landing by Dzzzz: 10:18am On Aug 26, 2023 |
Did those people have sense to continue the project?..Britain and USA both went to China and developed the whole place.Now who is developing China?No one but the chinese.. |
Re: The Space Station Built By USA In Kano That Helped For The First Moon Landing by SporaD8: 10:19am On Aug 26, 2023 |
fantastic |
Re: The Space Station Built By USA In Kano That Helped For The First Moon Landing by aklid(m): 11:31am On Aug 26, 2023 |
Wow Never heard of this before Thanks for this piece…it sure is one hella history 1 Like |
Re: The Space Station Built By USA In Kano That Helped For The First Moon Landing by crestedaguiyi: 12:52pm On Aug 26, 2023 |
At the time ,they were not sure of the consequences of their actions on human so they decided to bring it to Africa were they have million of lab rat They would not bring such again cos they know better now 1 Like |
Re: The Space Station Built By USA In Kano That Helped For The First Moon Landing by ivolt: 1:14pm On Aug 26, 2023 |
Its a relay station and not a space station. The locations are selected based on alignment of earth with the target remote transmitters. 2 Likes |
Re: The Space Station Built By USA In Kano That Helped For The First Moon Landing by salesbloo: 12:04pm On Sep 15, 2023 |
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Re: The Space Station Built By USA In Kano That Helped For The First Moon Landing by Varunpulyani: 12:08pm On Sep 15, 2023 |
Una papa |
Re: The Space Station Built By USA In Kano That Helped For The First Moon Landing by salesbloo: 3:59pm On Sep 15, 2023 |
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