Today’s episode is dedicated to all of those Terranauts who work in the back hallways and committee meeting rooms to make sure that there is support (and funding) for the various programs that get humans and their inventions a chance to get off the planet. I have worked with too many of these dedicated and talented individuals to mention them here by name.
Read More »Hanging By A Thread – Saving the Canadian Space Program
In this episode of the Terranauts podcast we pause our ongoing history of NASA’s early spaceflight program and for the next two episodes focus on an important but largely unknown Canadian historical event, one that could have devastated the space program.
Read More »The Flag Is A One – Part 2
In part 2 of the The Flag Is A One Terranauts podcast episode we continue the story of a little known moment of high drama in the Canadian space program surrounding the crucial Communications Technology Satellite mission.
Read More »The flag is a one – The Communications Technology Satellite mission
In this episode of the Terranauts podcast we talk about a little known moment of high drama in the Canadian space program surrounding the crucial Communications Technology Satellite mission.
Read More »Terranauts – Mac Evans and Building a National Space Program
In the second episode of Terranauts, Iain Christie has a conversation with William “Mac” Evans.
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 »Victoria Kaspi and Mac Evans Among Those Receiving Order of Canada
The Governor General of Canada office announced today 100 new appointments to the Order of Canada. The list includes 3 Companions (C.C.), 22 Officers (O.C.) and 75 Members (C.M.). Of those, six work or have worked in space related fields.
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