Gateway Moon station: Canada joins Nasa space project
Canada will contribute US$1.4bn to a proposed Nasa space station that will orbit the Moon and act as a base to land astronauts on its surface.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the step would "push the boundaries of innovation".
The space station, called Gateway, is a key element in Nasa's plan to return to the Moon with humans in the 2020s.
As part of the 24-year commitment, Canada will build a next-generation robotic arm for the new lunar outpost.
"Canada is going to the Moon," Mr Trudeau told a news conference at Canadian Space Agency's headquarters near Montreal, according to AFP.
*Canada is going near the Moon.
Also at CBC and Popular Mechanics.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 03 2019, @05:13PM (1 child)
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According to Space News, Canadian aerospace companies have been lobbying government for years for a new investment for space programmes.
Key to the construction and utilisation of Gateway is the Orion capsule, built by Lockheed Martin, which will eventually transport crews to the orbiting outpost and dock with it.
Orion will be launched on the new, heavy-lift SLS rocket, which is derived in part from technology developed for the space shuttle programme.
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spacebased-pork-BBQ, eventually, in the near future, someday, maybe?
(Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Sunday March 03 2019, @05:30PM
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/09/will-the-us-waste-100-billion-on-sls-orion-and-lop-g-by-2030.html [nextbigfuture.com]
A pile of burning tires, pork, and poop.
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