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South African cosmonaut speaks to children and celebrities.
Moscow, Russia (PANA) - South African cosmonaut Mark Shuttleworth said that he was adamant that his trip to the International Space Station this week would pave the way for other Africans to fly to space.
The 28-year-old Cape Town businessman was speaking to 300 pupils and teachers from Durban Tuesday night in a live HAM (amateur) radio link up.
The children attending the event were Grade 7, 8 and 9 students. Participating schools were invited to submit 20 best questions proposed by the pupils of the school, and organisers selected a list of 12 questions as the best questions from the invited schools.
Twelve pupils who proposed the winning questions were given the opportunity to have the live conversation with Shuttleworth who is orbiting the earth at speeds in excess of 30,000 km per hour.
Earlier in the day, South African rugby and soccer stars along with featherweight boxing champion, Baby Jakes Matlala, had a chat with Shuttleworth.
Shuttleworth was wearing a Springbok rugby jersey to the delight of Springbok rugby players Joost van der Westhuizen, Conrad Jantjes and Willie Meyer.
He sent them good wishes for the season and told them to "put us back on top of the world."
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