In 1962 Zambia had a space program intending to be the first nation on earth to send man to the moon. They also wanted to send 10 Zambian men and one 17-year-old girl (along with her cat) to Mars…using a catapult firing system.

The launches never occurred, but the girl did get pregnant by one of her fellow astronauts and she was taken home from the ‘training camp’ by her disgusted parents.