This past week the X Prize Foundation announced it had resurrected the Lunar X Prize. This announcement was unprecedented in the X Prize Foundation history. Combined with the increasing interest in asteroid mining we thought it useful to present this interview by Eva-Jane Lark with X Prize Foundation founder Peter Diamandis which first appeared in Space Quarterly Magazine in June 2012.
Read More »An In-depth Discussion with Space Advisory Board Chair Lucy Stojak
It’s been almost a year since the government unveiled its latest iteration of a Space Advisory Board and immediately its members were thrown into the lions den.
Read More »UrtheCast on the Edge of a Precipice
It’s been rough start to the year for UrtheCast as it tries to move forward with its plan to build its UrtheDaily Constellation. A confluence of events though has the company on the edge of a precipice.
Read More »The AlbertaSat Group is an Example of How Students Can Contribute to and Grow Canada’s Space Capabilities
Inspired by the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge in 2010, a group of students formed what would become the AlbertaSat group. They would eventually design, build and see launched, the first satellite from Alberta. It’s a story and experience worth discussing.
Read More »NanoRacks Contracted for Canadian CubeSat Project Launches
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has contracted NanoRacks as the launch services provider for the Canadian CubeSat Project.
Read More »Maxar’s SSL to Build Two New GEO Satellites and MDA Will Get Subsystem Work (Updated)
The satellite manufacturing market for larger geostationary orbit (GEO) satellites has been lagging these past few years, so the announcement of two GEO contracts by SSL, a Maxar subsidiary, is welcome news for the company.
Read More »CASI Releases ASTRO 18 Preliminary Technical Program
The Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI) has released the ASTRO 2018 Preliminary Technical Program.
Read More »Deltion Innovations Wants Canada to be a Leader in Space Mining
Space mining is an idea that used to be just a concept. Now companies, small and large, are working towards the goal of setting up mining operations on the moon and asteroids.
Read More »Maxar Presentation on Investor Day
Maxar recently held its 2018 investor days. The purpose? Sell institutional investors on why the company now known as Maxar Technologies, formed from MDA, SSL, Digitalglobe and Radiant, is a company going places. The message, institutional investors should have a larger Maxar position in their portfolios and they should market the company to their clients.
Read More »New Canadian Space Strategy Not Ready – Exclusive
There’s a reason Budget 2018 didn’t include any significant funding or major new programs the space community wanted. The government says “more work needs to be done” on developing a long-term strategy.
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