Browsing through the Kenya Space Agency website and watching their crystal-clear YouTube videos featuring distinguished members explaining their endeavours, I find myself perplexed by the lunar time business.
Here we are, idly waiting for the White House to illuminate us on the moon's bedtime, while we possess a perfectly capable space agency right under our noses! What, pray tell, have they been up to all this time?
"Oh, we're focusing on satellite programmes for agricultural monitoring and internet access," they might say. Agricultural monitoring? Internet access? I'm sorry, but I fail to see how those initiatives compare to establishing our own lunar time zone! Just envision the headlines: 'Kenya sets moon time!' Now, that's the kind of innovation we should be pursuing.
However, there's the matter of the lunar calendar. KSA could propose a 13-month lunar calendar, yet what reception might it receive? Perhaps raised eyebrows and awkward shuffling at an International Space Conference. Nonetheless, I remain hopeful that they're giving it due consideration.
Now, let's discuss our approach to space exploration. Why bother with lunar time zones when we could concentrate on more pressing matters, such as ensuring electricity reaches every corner of our nation? Who needs a lunar time zone when one can simply follow the rhythm of sunrises and sunsets, am I right?
As for our space agency, let's just say it resembles more of a social club than a bastion of cutting-edge space exploration. While they host annual 'Look at the Stars' picnics and diligently map the stunning landscapes of Kenya, showcasing how our terrain evolves every 85 minutes when the satellite hovers over our great republic, it hardly screams 'frontier of innovation”.
Let's be candid, folks. When it comes to space, we're content to let the Americans lead the charge. They possess the technology, the funding and the ambition. We'll patiently await their establishment of the lunar time zone and then jump on the bandwagon. After all, who truly desires to be the pioneer? It's far more appealing to claim the title of the second!
Moon tourism? Not a priority for us. We have our national parks to promote, provided we can afford the fuel to reach them. Space travel is reserved for the affluent and the daring, not us common folk.
As for international cooperation in space exploration, perhaps that can wait. We'll consider it once we've completed the construction of our national space programme, which may coincide with the advent of flying cars.
In conclusion, let's recline, unwind and relish the view from Earth while the Americans unravel the moon's enigmatic bedtime. Here's to innovation...eventually!