What is the relationship between space technology and ICT?
ICT is like an umbrella. Space technology could be in form of microbiology, biology and then you talk of the technology itself, you talk of engineering and all that. But when you talk about ICT, it tries to provide the infrastructure that makes use of the processes in the space to transmit information. How do you think we can improve our ICT with satellite? ICT tries to provide the infrastructure, while the space science provides the processes. If you have the infrastructure, it cannot just do anything, until there is a process for it to accomplish something. So, what the space technology does is to provide the process that enables the infrastructure to communicate with each other. How did you think the failed Nigcom-Sat 1 affected ICT in Nigeria? The Nigerian Communication Satellite1 failed because of the Solar Panel power failure, it could have happened even if we were advanced. Unfortunately, we were not advanced and that was the second one after Nigerian Sat-1. We shouldn”t bruise
