Policy

Today’s SpaceQ podcast is a space industry power panel discussion from the recent Canadian Global Affairs Institute Ready for Launch, Preparing Canada for a Future in Space conference held in Ottawa.

In today’s article, the third in this weeks series on What’s in Canada’s Long Term Space Plans, I’ll present the 1985 Interim Space Plan and what became known as Canada’s first Long Term Space Plan which was released in May 1986. It will surprise you in its brevity.

Waterloo based Project Ploughshares, a Canadian peace-and-security think tank, has released Space Security Index 2018 which states security conditions in outer space are deteriorating and leadership is needed.

In today’s article, the second in this weeks series of articles on What’s in Canada’s Long Term Space Plans, I’ll present what some believe could have been considered Canada’s first Long Term Space Plan, but isn’t.

As the government prepares to release a new space strategy which may or may not be considered a Long Term Space Plan, it might be a good time to get acquainted, or reacquainted, depending on your depth of knowledge, with Canada’s previous Long Term Space Plans.

In late 2016 the Canadian Space Agency convened a Space Exploration Workshop. It wasn’t the regular workshop convened every few years. This one had a goal of producing a Science and Space Health Priorities plan for the next decade.

During the Fireside Chat with the CBC’s Bob McDonald and the U.S. State Department’s Kenneth Hodgkins, one of the surprising topics discussed was that of Canada becoming an emerging launching state.

It was a short speech in which many in the audience where expecting your typical Ministerial speech. But ever so subtly the Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, a former astronaut and President of the Canadian Space Agency, surprised many with one short sentence.

Mike Greenley and the new MDA are no longer content to quietly roam the halls of power in Ottawa to make their point. This new MDA is in your face, public, and fighting for its business and for a supply chain of smaller companies. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support …

Maritime Launch Services (MLS), which one days hopes to open a spaceport in Nova Scotia to launch rockets from a variety of providers, took advantage of the federal Finance Committee's pre-budget in-person consultation opportunity to talk about its business and why it's important to Canada. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. …