In three to four months, construction will begin on a communications facility in Karoo-based Matjiesfontein which will assist in putting the first woman and person of colour on the moon.
The story of how a shy radio astronomer from the Eastern Cape came to be a central character in building of one of the world’s most sensitive scientific instruments involves a series of unlikely events, a startling amount of beer and popcorn, and a team fuelled by the stubborn conviction that S.