'I have always been fascinated by space. I decided one day to write a letter, while in Standard Four, to NASA.'
By
Eddy Ashioya
Contributor
Nation Media Group
Frank Mwiti likes to say that he could have been an astronomer. He certainly shoots for the stars, because when he was a boy, he sent NASA a letter. The space agency replied with space magazines, and Frank became an instant celebrity in his local Meru School, a superstar. He was a new generation of nerd back then, its promised messiah.
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