OPINION | How rocket science can help SA protect and preserve its oceans

Cape Town.  (Photo by Hoberman Collection / Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Cape Town. (Photo by Hoberman Collection / Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

In the quiet coastal town of Arniston, hidden in Western Cape, a group of engineering students are working frantically on the final touches of a test rocket, preparing to launch it at the Denel Overberg test site. As they worked, one could feel the anxiety; after a failed attempt in 2019, the students and their mentors wanted to make sure they would not fail again.

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