BAIKONUR COSMODROME, KAZAKHSTAN – While Canada has been without a detailed space plan since 1994, there is some indication this might be happening soon.
Read More »William “Mac” Evans Shares his Thoughts on Canada’s Space History and the Future of the Program
My special guest this week on the SpaceQ podcast is William “Mac” Evans a thirty year veteran of the Canadian space program and a member of the Order of Canada.
Read More »Don’t Let Go Canada Publishes Open Letter to the Prime Minister in the Hill Times
The Hill Times, the Ottawa based newspaper that covers all things politics, has published its annual Aerospace Briefing, along with a full page ad from the Don’t Let Go Canada Coalition.
Read More »Canada Needs a New Earth Observation Plan
You can add the Earth Observation (EO) community to the list of space communities that need a new long term plan.
Read More »NASA Administrator Asks Canada to Participate in Lunar Space Station
OTTAWA – The hard sell is on. NASA wants Canada to get involved in its lunar space station. The Trudeau government hasn’t committed yet, but one minister promises Canada will have a long-term space strategy before the end of the administration’s mandate in late 2019.
Read More »Aerospace Companies Need Government Support To Stay Competitive: AIAC Panelists
OTTAWA – Canadian aerospace companies require a government-led industrial strategy to grow their services nationally and internationally, executives warned at a panel today at the Canadian Aerospace Summit of the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC).
Read More »15 Years Without a Long Term Space Plan – The Failure of Successive Canadian Governments
In our special series, What’s in Canada’s Long Term Space Plans, we presented a chronological history of the key documents that supported or were considered Long Term Space Plans. In this the final story in the series we look at the failure in leadership that’s existed for 15 years.
Read More »2003 A New Strategy with No Long Term Space Plan: What’s in Canada’s Long Term Space Plans? Part 6
In late 2003 the Canadian Space Strategy was published. It was designed to pivot from a Long Term Space Plan to a framework for Canada’s space program.
Read More »1999 – The New Canadian Space Program: What’s in Canada’s Long Term Space Plans? Part 5
In today’s article, the fifth in this weeks series on What’s in Canada’s Long Term Space Plans, I’ll present the 1999 National Space Paper which some consider the third Long Term Space Plan.
Read More »1994 – The 1st Canadian Space Agency Plan: What’s in Canada’s Long Term Space Plans? Part 4
In today’s article, the fourth in this weeks series on What’s in Canada’s Long Term Space Plans, I’ll present the 1994 plan, the first created by the Canadian Space Agency.
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