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My guest today is Matt Bamsey a Research Associate at the DLR, the German Space Agency. Matt is Canadian and was one of the 17 finalists in the Canadian Space Agency astronaut recruitment campaign. Before joining the DLR in 2013, Matt had been a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Florida and the University of Guelph where he received his PhD in Environmental Biology. …

The organizers of the Montreal Space Symposium have released the events schedule along with the speakers list.

Canada has a new Chief Science Officer and it’s Dr. Mona Nemer who until taking this position was a Professor and Vice-President, Research, at the University of Ottawa and Director of the Molecular Genetics and Cardiac Regeneration Laboratory. 

Sometimes, ‘it takes a whole village to raise a child’, in this case, it takes most of Canada’s radio astronomer community to build a telescope.

The Canadian Space Commerce Association (CSCA) will hold in person and online webinar on how the governments proposed tax reforms will impact businesses, in particular those in the space sector.

In recent weeks three key employees from Ontario Drive and Gear (ODG) left the companies space robotic division and moved over to Canadensys Aerospace. Now we know why. Canadensys today announced that it was opening up a new advanced manufacturing facility in the Waterloo region.

The Montreal Student Space Associations have come together to launch the first Montreal Space Symposium and the event is already out of tickets with 500 people registered. That’s impressive for a new student led event, even if the tickets are free.

My guest today is Ewan Reid, founder of Mission Control Space Services (MCSS), a new company offering a variety of services including their Autonomous Soil Assessment System used to help rovers safely explore the surface of the moon and Mars.

Liberal MP Wayne Easter, the chair of the Commons finance committee said the communications surrounding the roll-out of the Tax Planning Using Private Corporations consultation “was just god-awful.”  What he didn’t say was that there was a problem with the proposed changes. And there definitely are problems with the proposed changes.

With the recent uptick in the hurricane season, and the devastating storms Harvey and Irma, what type of support does the Canadian Space Agency provide in the event one comes northward to Canada? And with Hurricane Jose heading on a course that could see it brush Nova Scotia as tropical storm, it’s an important issue worth exploring.