Well, more efficient is easy if the current government is on permament vacation. :lol:
That's only scratching the surface
But still: South Africa is a pretty large country with a very large potential. It sure can have a space program, even a manned one, with a cooperation with another spaceflight agency of course. Or by making private spaceflight possible. Denel shows that it is possible to produce quality parts in South Africa (despite it being a very inefficient state owned company). And Overberg would be a useful launch site.
Agreed..
Overberg
is still classified as a launch site, if I'm not mistaken... missile testing range when Denel made things that go bang..
Most people who have left here have done well overseas... That's the mark of a deteriorating country... why waste one's life putting up with the b/s.
Musk left ZA for the land of opportunity.. and has done well for himself.
I can't help feeling he's overstepped the mark with his latest adventure.. but it looks like he's making cronies in the right places, so they might 'float' him/SpaceX