Maram Kaire is one of the top astronomers in Senegal. When an asteroid that NASA had wanted to measure but couldn't because it was difficult to take a photo of it from their location, they contacted Senegalese astronomers since they knew that the asteroid had been passing directly over Senegal. Maram Kaire was one of them and he had expressed his desire to build a space agency for their country. Marco Werman of The World gets in touch with Kaire and talks about the fateful connection with NASA as well as other projects that he's been involved in.
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