NASA’s forgotten South African outpost that helped put humans on the moon

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A Cold War-era space station hidden in the Magaliesberg is still shaping the world — and even your daily commute. About 50km north-west of Johannesburg, on the R400, stands the giant dish of the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory. HOT1027’s Al Prodgers takes a look...

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