South Africa breaks ground for its own deep-space station I DW News

[@SLjansvrensb.]

more than 45% unemployment. The country struggles with electricity interruptions of up to how many hours a day. But South Africa is going to build a space station????? rest my case!!!I hope they don't use copper cables?!!???

[@sbuskosana2281]

go baq o Netherlands

[@WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq]

It is Africa and this is usually how countries start their rapid advance. I'd be more worried about nuclear accidents

[@SLjansvrensb.]

@@WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq South Africa was well on its way to becoming a developing country. Eskom was one of the most profitable and best managed companies. South African airlines were the best. etc. The Rand was 2$ for 1 Rand

[@psylentrage]

@@sbuskosana2281 stop using Western technology to complain about Western things

[@sbuskosana2281]

@@psylentrage i stop long time ago i us Chinese devices

[@32stevo]

how many people will work there? i doubt it will do much for the town...

[@RisRocket]

about 100

[@martytube821]

Well putting money into space instead of all the things that need help or fixed in the country seems out of touch!

[@krollpeter]

This is putting money into science. It's a ground station, not rockets or starships. South Africa's people have potential, but a lousy government for too long.

[@clarenceday4773]

@@krollpeter 🐑

[@davidleandro7026]

Ignorant comment

[@Lucifer-dd2nr]

​@@clarenceday4773🤢

[@D3adf1y]

how is that a ignorant comment? we don't have electricity water or a education system this will benefit only about 600 people(400 from the town, 100 on the construction team and maybe some students)ooo and don't forget the politician that will take a big cut. this benefits the USA and politicians no SA@@davidleandro7026

[@prakhardubey2356]

All the best South Africa from India!!! We Asian and African countries need to rise in every sector.

[@davidopsina3871]

Yeah. We must also build atomic bombs in South Africa.

[@thekontuli2828]

Some 'clever' folks saying South Africa shouldn't build any deep space station/ invest in any technology related project before sorting out internal challenges such as energy; unemployment; crime; poverty etc How clever? I'm sure that the South African government never though of that hey😇 >Imagine if China waited until they had sorted out all their problems at home such as social unrest; crime; inequality before building their Tiangong Space Station. >Imagine if the US waited until they had sorted out all their problems at home such as violence; racism; police brutality; abortion rights; hate crimes etc before installing the Webb Space Telescope. Logic?

[@tribalx9552]

💯

[@dannyarcher6370]

_I'm sure that the South African government never though of that hey😇_ You are either not South African, or you vote ANC.

[@lostworld3195]

South African has potential, just sad that our leaders don’t want to pump money into this field, we have a lot of qualified people who would, develop rockets, our very own space program, astronauts

[@Kholmi.28]

Dude, our leaders aren't focused.😒

[@devdetective1758]

In 10 years, this will still not be complete and the construction cost will be more expensive. Money will go into ANC cadres pockets

[@Nikolizky]

In 10 years the ANC will have broken into 3 parties like the National Party. Our kids will have issues but the ANC won’t be one of them.

[@virginiakiratu4119]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Africa why 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mthunzimapatwana]

Glad to see his from SANSA

[@munnik_dnb]

So this is where the money goes, while we sit in the dark

[@MarcoV_dj]

South Africa has so much potential and its going to Rise \0/

[@kasinomics]

Waste of money, people are dying cause of poverty here in South Africa

[@Wizardofwords-g7v]

New source of loot for some.

[@kopanokhumalo4344]

Please relax 😌 this is not run by ANC

[@WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq]

On the bright side it might funnel in a ton of money these programs are what keep revenue turning in the rich countries who would have gone broke decades ago Unfortunately it depends in how to government disrebutes the money though, paired with their success rate for the cost

[@rockrabbit253]

People are dying because they keep voting for the same useless political party , over and over and over again.

[@dekumutant]

Yep bringing technology and investment into south africa is bad. Won't help feed people at all. Imagine thinking like this.

[@rockrabbit253]

I love the railway sign at the end : "195 miles to Cape Town " We changed to metric 60 years ago but they still haven't changed their sign. I hope they never do.

[@psylentrage]

Historical heritage type of thing

[@rockrabbit253]

@@psylentrage Aye.

[@Camilla_Kudrin]

Cool. The connection to others. In the UK/US everyone uses this system, and most of Europeans also know, how many meters in 1 mile are.

[@psylentrage]

@@Camilla_Kudrin not really. The US officially switched to the metric in the 70s already, and their imperial system isn't even the same standard as UK. Call it American stubbornness that it's not widely used, but check packaging, and nutritional values, and you'll start to see it. Myanmar and Liberia are the only other two countries that still use it. The whole world otherwise uses it. 1601 meters to a mile

[@tylernaturalist6437]

😂 Let’s call it the “Jacob Zuma Can’t Read Numbers” Space Station! ZA is a failed state, this is hilarious. Honestly someone should stop them before they launch anything, it’ll come crashing down and hurt someone.

[@talyah23]

Wow racist much? South africa is not a failed state...we have problems just like the US and the UK but thr country isn't a failed state except to racists.

[@aaronrathbone6693]

As a South African this is crazy ! The government cannot keep the power on 24 hoursa day cannot fix roads or ports cannot arrest criminal syndicates at every level of government to a point where a power station is 10 times over budget and is inoperable due to engineering flaws in design ! Trillions stolen ... what do you think will happen with this money lol ... ANC has run out of funding ... this is a new feeding trough

[@aaronrathbone6693]

@@talyah23 maybe you are a South African living abroad? But last 3 times I called the police they didn't have a functioning vehicle to respond to the crime ? Also I have 5 to 7.5 hours a day on average without electricity and its normally during the operational hours of my business .... also we have one of the highest murder and rape rates in the world ...fact ....also State capture ..it did happen lol..... where Eskom SAA transnet the post office and all other State owned entities hollowed out professionally and emptied financially through mass corruption and nepotism .. tell me what's you definition of a Failed state ? Private business is the only reason SA is still semi functional the government and state has Completely failed !! All they do is collect taxes to hand out to voters supporters and Cadres to grease palms for political appoimtment lol 😆 Not a failed State 🤣 😂 😅 tell me another joke lol

[@fer246]

Are you open to opportunity that can earn you more than $3500 weekly online...ASK ME HOW??

[@tylernaturalist6437]

@@talyah23 The typical “Anyone who criticizes the ANC is a bigot”! Classic 😂, I’ve spent enough time in ZA in the last few years to see how absolutely abysmal the nation is doing.

[@louisea.7736]

Yes-yes-yes!!!

[@maziobintodonkeras5775]

Motherland calling…

[@laurentiusshipipa5004]

Iam thrilled by this development, Africa is now on a good path as far as science is concerned.

[@davidopsina3871]

I hope there is lots of opportunity to chow and make transformation happen,.

[@sladewilson377]

@@davidopsina3871what a joke 😂😂

[@blacklivesmatters3151]

I'm so happy for the ancestors get that work

[@matifi]

Grate, next step would be to send all E2 hablogroup out of space

[@unclescipio3136]

West and East Africans. Why?

[@GuerrillaWallFlair]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤔🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 ... Ok. Sure.

[@guitargas1894]

"A blessing from prayer" Going against everything that made space exploration possible xD

[@nkosikhonantwanambi8601]

Ouch I really hate that they're in partnership with USA...was there no better partners, anyways!

[@dannyarcher6370]

Haha. The truth hurts, houtkop.

[@victorsamuel8708]

India is the best and cheapest place for sending satellites into orbit than any other country in the world and successful

[@williamthatsmyname]

No one asked 🤣🤣🤣

[@scarr652]

They should rather spend that money on sorting out the supply of electricity and doing away with daily load shedding.

[@okman9684]

Every penny spent in space worth it

[@scarr652]

@@okman9684 I wonder if the space station has electricity!

[@AndrewETaylor]

Click bait

[@Ashwinkumar.]

Very Good👍🏻

[@joaodecarvalho7012]

WTF?

[@connorrobert5348]

Remember meeting a guy that dealt with the space program and satellites, but there’s zero political will Our leaders fill potholes on dirt roads, so I’m not gonna get my hopes up😂😂😂

[@kabzaify]

So this is an American entity.

[@calistusfrancis1340]

We African needs our own technology

[@y09297]

So much potential in SA, and so much to be fixed and put in place .. It's beyond surreal that this is where money is being spent. They doom themselves. Nevertheless it is a remarkable achievement so here's hoping it all goes well, and encourages further advancements.

[@buddymac3993]

Cannot afford to feed and cloth and medical and educate the masses,but yes to spending billions on a pig in a poke? Riddle me WHY?

[@pennygooms1539]

Buddy Mac: Geomagnetic fields from after the bing bang are suspected to be found in South Africa. I believe along the Durban area, though. No correlation to this particular research,of course. I am just mentioning that there are plenty of reasons to probe.

[@TheChe_23.]

God Bless South Africa ❤🇿🇦

[@davidopsina3871]

You mean God help them...

[@sleepyjoe4529]

lol just another money funnneling program for NASA admins

[@ugochukwuharbor5519]

Such a groundbreaking achievement.👊👊

[@chrisdymyd2669]

If you think that’s groundbreaking, you should look into what nasa does with all the taxpayers money!! 🤡

[@TobenextSuperpower]

Aferic will be develop his owne space station. No need to join ISS 😅👏👏👏👍👍👍

[@ciclestones]

Hilarious, good luck

[@86MarcusP]

🌹👍🏽🔥

[@ramthian]

🙏😻🇬🇧

[@Volkmannx]

🚀

[@outerspace8158]

Imagine 1000 years from now. Many country at earth become interstellar civilization with their flag at space.

[@rhomboman]

That’s great, can’t feed themselves, already sending rockets to space

[@thekontuli2828]

Educate your self boss You can do better than this

[@rhomboman]

@@thekontuli2828 ZA is one of the most unequal societies in the world, it has no place in space. U educate urself fella.

[@rhomboman]

“In 2020, Statistics South Africa (STATSSA) reported that almost 24% of South Africans in 2020 were affected by moderate to severe food insecurity, with around 15% experiencing severe food insecurity.”

[@rhomboman]

Well, after two years still millions living below poverty line! What’s the point of space exploration when basic problems aren’t solved? Don’t you think there are more pressing issues than Space research?

[@davidleandro7026]

Stup!d

[@RavagHer]

south Africa i bet u if they reach the space station they will start stripping it for money. that or they will be the first space pirates