Multi-million dollar facility offers excellent views of Orion’s Belt and opportunities to tackle climate change and famineWith its clear skies and closeness to the equator,Ethiopia is an ideal location for space exploration. Yet for a developing country facing its worst drought in 50 years, spending millions of dollars to witness at the stars might, and at first,seem frivolous.“They call us crazy because they think we’re [only] exploring outer space and gazing at the stars. But they can’t see the bigger picture,” says Abinet Ezra of the Ethiopian Space Science Society.
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Source: theguardian.com