As we previously mentioned, Global Affairs Canada (GAC) has been working on two guides related to the Remote Sensing Space Systems Act (RSSSA). The effort has been part of a larger process to enact regulatory reform to deal with the current reality of a fast growing space sector. The first of those guides has now been published. This page is for subscribers only. Already a …
Read More »Senior cabinet shuffle sees three ministers with key space responsibilities moved
Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Minister Navdeep Bains has left the Liberal cabinet of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The resignation required a shuffle of senior ministers and sees Marc Garneau moving from Transport to Foreign Affairs, François-Philippe Champagne moving from Foreign Affairs to ISED and Omar Alghabra, new to cabinet, takes over Transport. It's billed as a small cabinet shuffle of senior Liberal ministers. …
Read More »Canadian Space Agency releases smartEarth downstream satellite data opportunity
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has released its first announcement of opportunity (AO) of the year, this one related to its smartEarth program for the creation of applications to harness satellite data.
Read More »The Artemis program and the future of lunar surface manufacturing
One of the key goals of the Artemis program is to build a program that is sustainable with an eventual permanent human presence on the Moon. For that to succeed we’ll need to use local resources which will mean starting lunar surface manufacturing operations.
Read More »New methodology sees significant jump in value of the space economy in Euroconsult’s 2020 report
Before the holidays I wrote a story on what is the size of the global space economy. That story included a video with Euroconsult's Nathan de Ruiter discussing their Space Economy Report 2019. I knew at the time that a new report was forthcoming. What I didn't know was that the report would see the value of the space economy jump from US$298 to US$385 …
Read More »Mercury Atlas 6 – John Glenn Makes American History
In our first installment of the Terranauts Guide to Leaving the Planet of 2021 we discuss John Glenn’s historic Mercury Atlas 6 flight, America’s first human orbital flight.
Read More »Canadian Armed Forces – Space is a team sport
The last decade has witnessed a steady and progressive realization that space is no longer a sanctuary, but it was during this time that space capability has become a foundation for our very way of life. In the past, governments had freedom of action in space, the safety and security challenges were relatively benign, and the number of actors limited. Today none of these assertions …
Read More »First Canadian space regulatory reform guides coming shortly
In 2017 the second independent review of the Remote Sensing Space Systems Act (RSSA) was published. The report outlined its findings and recommendations providing a path forward to modernizing the RSSSA. Now, almost four years later, SpaceQ has learned that the first two space regulatory reform guides are set to be published, likely this month. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log …
Read More »The past is prologue – From Apollo to Artemis
What are the lessons that can be learned from the Apollo program as we forward to the Artemis program from a science and engineering operations perspective?
Read More »The fascinating, weird world of quantum matter
Quantum science holds the promise for exciting discoveries that will shape our world as we research and learn more about the quantum world. In this Science Weekend feature we have a public lecture from the Perimeter Institute with Karen Hallberg.
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