National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) carries out a variety of cooperative programs with African countries, the most extensive being the Landsat data analysis projects begun in 1972. Other programs include television broadcasts via satellite to Africa and use of meteorological satellites. All of NASA’s cooperative programs in Africa are run on a no-exchange-of-funds basis, with each nation bearing its own costs. Hence, no NASA funds are transferred to Africa in connection with cooperative activities. In NASA’s Office of International Affairs, the staff of twenty-five persons spends somewhat less than ten per cent of their time on African matters.