Original article by Pecier Decierdo from http://manilastandard.net/opinion/columns/everyman/217044/why-a-space-program-might-be-good-for-the-philippines.html THE Philippines’ first microsatellite Diwata-1 recently beamed back the images it took from orbit. Hokkaido University, one of the “Why a space program might be good for the Philippines”