National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme

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The National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme (NASSP) is a South African space science research organization. The organization was founded in 2003. [1]

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The cosmologist Peter Dunsby was the founding Director of the NASSP for its first ten years. [2]

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  1. Haggard, Kerry. "Reaching for the stars to boost research capacity". The M&G Online. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  2. "Peter K. S. Dunsby | PhD | University of Cape Town, Cape Town | UCT | Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2018-03-22.