Last week was a great triumph for South Africa as the  Marine Domain Awareness Satellites, which were developed by engineers at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology -- have already started transmitting data - after they were launched aboard US aerospace company SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. One of the things Science and Innovation Minister Dr Blade Nzimande said that the lack of space professionals and engineers had prompted the department to launch a human capital development programme at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. To tell us more on this and how the department is advancing in this sector also looking how they are hoping to attract young people, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Dr Mmboneni Muofhe - Deputy Director-General for Technology Innovation responsible for the Space programme

 

Guest: Itumeleng Mokoloi – Deputy Director for Space Science