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 Monday March 04 2019, @12:17AM (3 children)
Trudeau would happily pay $1.4 billion to send his former attorney-general to space. She fucked him real good!
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday March 04 2019, @12:33AM (2 children)
That will work too. Can you get her pregnant in time for launch? Do the math, now - we want her at about 8 months at liftoff!
“I have become friends with many school shooters” - Tampon Tim Walz
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 04 2019, @01:22AM (1 child)
If you've seen her picture, you'll know the answer is no. She's half Indian, half buffalo.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday March 04 2019, @09:19AM
Awwww, man up! Do it for science!
“I have become friends with many school shooters” - Tampon Tim Walz