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OTTAWA - A former Canadian astronaut is urging the federal government not to sell a space technology company to American interests, saying it threatens the country’s sovereignty.
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via Okanagan eVent Magazine @ 16:05 23rd Mar
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OTTAWA - A former Canadian astronaut is urging the federal government not to sell a space technology company to American interests, saying it threatens the country's sovereignty.
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via Canoe @ 16:07 23rd Mar
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Canadian astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason is leaving the Canadian Space Agency in June after almost 25 years as an astronaut.Canadian astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason is leaving the Canadian Space Agency in June after almost 25 years as an astronaut.
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LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - May 9, 2008) - The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency, today announced a four-year contract valued at $109 million between the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA). MDA will continue to provide logistics, sustaining engineering services for the Canadian-made Mobile Servicing System on the International Space Station (ISS).
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via Macro World Investor @ 15:53 9th May
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This undated artist's illustration of the Canadian space robot Dextre was released by the Canadian Space Agency in Longueuil, Canada, Friday, March 14, 2008. The agency says it has found a way to fix a problem with the space robot, using power from the Canadarm Two on the International Space Station to heat and run the Dextre robot. (Canadian Space Agency/AP Photo)
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via ABC News @ 17:06 15th Mar
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HDNet To Broadcast Live, High Definition Coverage of the Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour - Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Network's Coverage of Spectacular Night Launch Begins at 2:00 A.M. ET with Launch from the Kennedy Space Center Scheduled for 2:28 A.M. ET DALLAS--(Business Wire)-- WHAT: HDNet to broadcast LIVE HD coverage of the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour, marking NASA's 25th US mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour will fly the astronauts, a space station module and a robotics system to the International Space Station on March 11. STS-123 is an international mission combining the expertise and experience of several countries working together to create a working 'home' in space. The crew - including one Japanese astronaut, will deliver the first section of the Japanese-built Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Ag
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via Reuters @ 22:37 6th Mar
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Marc Garneau, a former Canadian astronaut, says selling off the country's space technology threatens Canada's sovereignty.
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via CTV.ca @ 21:19 23rd Mar
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Dave Knott writes "The Canadian federal government has blocked the $1.3-billion sale of the space technology division of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates to Alliant Techsystems, a major US defense contractor. Industry Minister Jim Prentice is quoted as saying he is 'not satisfied' the sale will be a net benefit for Canada. MDA is Canada's leading developer of space-based technology, including the famous CanadArm and the recently installed space station robot Dextre."
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via Slashdot @ 22:41 12th Apr
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Kennedy Space Center, FL – April 2008 – The seventh group of Space Shuttle astronauts has been named to the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. Veteran Space Shuttle Astronauts John E. Blaha, Robert D. Cabana, Bryan D. O’Connor and Loren J. Shriver will join an elite group of American space heroes as they are inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame®. Earlier inductees represent the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz programs. They will join the ranks of legendary space pioneers like Neil Armstrong, John Glenn, Alan Shepard, Sally Ride and John Young. The public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will be held Saturday, May 3 at 3:00 p.m.
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via Hospitality First @ 11:13 15th Apr
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The sale of MDA space robotics division to a U.S. arms manufacturer must be stopped to ensure important Canadian space technology and related high tech jobs remain under Canadian ownership and control.
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via CAW @ 12:02 1st Apr
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via Breitbart.com @ 6:56 17th Mar
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Earlier this month the Canadian government has decided to reject the $1.3-billion bid by a US company, Alliant Techsystems (ATK), for the space division of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA). According to an ATK spokesman quoted in Space News, the “…issues touched on sensitive Canadian concerns about national security, national sovereignty and the protection of Canadian technology.” While some in the US may see this as an example of Canadian anti-Americanism, the fact that the Harper government is at all concerned with its national defense and national sovereignty is a big change from the previous Ottawa administration.
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via Space Review @ 22:15 22nd Apr
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KOROLYOV, Moscow region. April 11 (Interfax-AVN) - Vitaly Lopota, the president of the Energia space rocket corporation, said he believes space tourism is a forced measure compensating for insufficient financing of the Russian space program. "Tourism is a forced activity. I am sorry, but we have built the ISS [the International Space Station] not for space tourists but for serving the needs of the people of Earth," Lopota said. Alexei Krasnov, the head of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos)'s manned flight programs, said the ISS crew will be increased to six by 2009. "There are plans to manufacture four Soyuz spacecraft in 2009 to launch crews to the ISS," he said. If the Russian space program was financed in full, Russia would not need to make money on space tourism, Krasnov said.
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via Interfax @ 15:15 11th Apr
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LONGUEUIL (Marketwire) - The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency, will make two important announcements regarding the Canadian Space Program.
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via Canadian Business Magazine @ 7:12 31st Mar
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LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - March 31, 2008) - The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency, will make two important announcements regarding the Canadian Space Program.
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via Street Insider @ 7:10 31st Mar
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For just the third time since the creation of the Canadian Astronaut Corps in 1983, Canada will add at least two new space explorers to an exclusive group of astronauts. The recruitment campaign begins in earnest this May, with the two new astronauts expected to be named in May 2009.
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via Macleans Online @ 22:29 31st Mar
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LONGUEUIL (Marketwire) - The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry, will deliver remarks celebrating 50 years of Canadian involvement in space and the future of the Canadian Space Program.
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via Canadian Business Magazine @ 16:26 10th Apr
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- During a ceremony at the National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs Thursday, the Space Foundation will induct three NASA- developed technologies into the Space Technology Hall of Fame. A medical diagnostic software tool that measures the thickness of arteries, a non-invasive medical device that improves blood flow to the heart and brain, and a technology that safely removes petroleum- based pollutants from water or soil, each are being recognized as important products that originated from space technology.
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via Red Orbit @ 6:08 11th Apr
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