Orbital Insertion Successful: Space Junkies Uganda Goes Live
This is a submission for the DEV Weekend Challenge: Community "Uganda may not have launched a rocket yet, but we've launched something just as important: interest." 🚀 The Community Space Junkies Uganda (SJU) was born out of deep love for space, for Uganda, and for the belief that the cosmos belongs to everyone, including us. I'm Ronnie Atuhaire , and I've been procrastinating on building our web presence since we started. But this challenge? This was the push I needed. The Origin Story: Last year, I was approached to serve as a judge for the NASA Space Apps Challenge in Kampala. During that event, I witnessed something powerful: students weren't just interested in space, they were passionate about it. Their eyes lit up when talking about black holes, Mars missions, and Uganda's own satellite, PearlAfricaSat-1 (launched in 2022!). Around the same time, I became the temporary National Coordinator for World Space Week in Uganda. If you're into space, you know October is the month. So we w
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