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Edward Festus Mukuka Nkoloso was a resident of Zambia. He joined the British forces in World War II, and served as a sergeant in the signal corp. After the war, he became translator for the Northern Rhodesian government. He was also a grade school teacher, and opened a new school, which was purportedly shut down by British authorities. He then joined the resistance movement.〔〔〔〔 He was arrested and imprisoned in 1956 and 1957.〔 Following his release, he was appointed as security official of United National Independence Party.〔〔 In 1960, he founded the Zambia National Academy of Science, Space Research and Philosophy.〔〔〔〔〔 In 1964, he participated in the Constitutional Convention.〔 ==Space program== From 1960 until sometime after 1969, this program sought to accomplish the launching of a rocket that would send one girl, 17-year-old Matha Mwambwa, and two cats to the moon. There were also plans for a trip to Mars.〔 Nkoloso hoped to beat the United States and Soviet Union's respective space programs at the height of the Space Race.〔 To train the astronauts, Nkoloso set up a makeshift facility on an abandoned farm seven miles from Lusaka where the trainees would be rolled down a rough hill in a 44-gallon oil drum.〔 This, according to Nkoloso, would train the men in the feeling of weightlessness in both space travel and re-entry.〔〔〔 In addition, they used a tire-swing to simulate weightlessness.〔〔〔 Nkoloso stated goals of the program were to establish a Christian ministry to "primitive" Martians, and the hope of Zambia becoming the "controllers of the Seventh Heaven of Interstellar space". However, he reportedly instructed the missionary in the space program not to force Christianity onto the native Martian inhabitants.〔 The rocket, named D-Kalu 1, was a 10-foot x 6-foot drum-shaped vessel.〔〔 Named after the first president, Kenneth David Kaunda, he claimed it was made of aluminium and copper, and space worthy. The planned launch date was on 24 October 1964, Independence Day, and would take place from the Independence Stadium,〔 but was purportedly denied permission due to being inappropriate.〔 It is said that he then asked UNESCO for a grant of £7,000,000 in Zambian pounds to support his space program.〔 It is also said he requested $1.9 billion from "private foreign sources". However, the Ministry of Power, Transport and Communication is reported as stating those requests had not been made on the behalf of Zambia.〔〔 The term "Afronauts", coined by Nkoloso, refers to the participants of this program.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Festus Mukuka Nkoloso was a resident of Zambia. He joined the British forces in World War II, and served as a sergeant in the signal corp. After the war, he became translator for the Northern Rhodesian government. He was also a grade school teacher, and opened a new school, which was purportedly shut down by British authorities. He then joined the resistance movement. He was arrested and imprisoned in 1956 and 1957. Following his release, he was appointed as security official of United National Independence Party. In 1960, he founded the Zambia National Academy of Science, Space Research and Philosophy. In 1964, he participated in the Constitutional Convention.==Space program==Afronauts -->From 1960 until sometime after 1969, this program sought to accomplish the launching of a rocket that would send one girl, 17-year-old Matha Mwambwa, and two cats to the moon. There were also plans for a trip to Mars. Nkoloso hoped to beat the United States and Soviet Union's respective space programs at the height of the Space Race.To train the astronauts, Nkoloso set up a makeshift facility on an abandoned farm seven miles from Lusaka where the trainees would be rolled down a rough hill in a 44-gallon oil drum. This, according to Nkoloso, would train the men in the feeling of weightlessness in both space travel and re-entry. In addition, they used a tire-swing to simulate weightlessness.Nkoloso stated goals of the program were to establish a Christian ministry to "primitive" Martians, and the hope of Zambia becoming the "controllers of the Seventh Heaven of Interstellar space". However, he reportedly instructed the missionary in the space program not to force Christianity onto the native Martian inhabitants.The rocket, named D-Kalu 1, was a 10-foot x 6-foot drum-shaped vessel. Named after the first president, Kenneth David Kaunda, he claimed it was made of aluminium and copper, and space worthy. The planned launch date was on 24 October 1964, Independence Day, and would take place from the Independence Stadium, but was purportedly denied permission due to being inappropriate.It is said that he then asked UNESCO for a grant of £7,000,000 in Zambian pounds to support his space program. It is also said he requested $1.9 billion from "private foreign sources". However, the Ministry of Power, Transport and Communication is reported as stating those requests had not been made on the behalf of Zambia.The term "Afronauts", coined by Nkoloso, refers to the participants of this program.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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