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NASA says it will fly a Canadian to the Moon:
NASA just struck a historic deal with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) that will entail, for the first time in history, a non-US astronaut orbiting the Moon.
The agreement says that the CSA will help NASA with its upcoming Artemis Moon missions in exchange for a seat on some of the flights, according to Space.com. Not only is the CSA's support good news for the Artemis missions specifically, but it's a major international development in the future of crewed space exploration.
[...] "This will make Canada only the second country after the U.S. to have an astronaut in deep space... and send the first Canadian around the Moon," Navdeep Bains, Canada's government minister of innovation, science and industry said at a Wednesday press conference, according to Space.com.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 23 2020, @05:29PM (12 children)
Canada has a space agency?
(Score: 4, Informative) by barbara hudson on Wednesday December 23 2020, @05:37PM (10 children)
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(Score: 2) by Freeman on Wednesday December 23 2020, @05:42PM (8 children)
Until you said something, I would have likely said, someone in the USA . . .
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(Score: 3, Funny) by Gaaark on Wednesday December 23 2020, @06:12PM (7 children)
We built the robotic arm so we could extend our reach into the fridge for another beer, eh!
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(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday December 23 2020, @07:09PM (6 children)
Can the thing even lift a beer?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday December 23 2020, @09:48PM (1 child)
In microgravity?
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 23 2020, @11:09PM
Is it a microbrew?
(Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Thursday December 24 2020, @03:30AM (3 children)
The Hubble masses over 11,000 kg. Now add a couple of astronauts in their gear, some spare parts, tools … while it's "weightless", it's not massless, so moving it takes work.
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(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday December 24 2020, @05:11AM (2 children)
Read it again. I wanna see it lift a beer out of the fridge. I wanna see it lift itself off the blocks
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Saturday December 26 2020, @05:22AM (1 child)
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(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday December 26 2020, @05:55AM
We're not in the shuttle. Please, start from the beginning of the thread
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 24 2020, @12:16AM
I did for the longest time because I thought that's what they were calling it until I found out they were actually saying "Canuck Claws."
(Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Wednesday December 23 2020, @06:31PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Space_Agency#Canadian_space_program [wikipedia.org]
It has a number of satellites, collaborates with other space agencies, and has been heavily involved with the International Space Station since the beginning. It is also on board with the Lunar Gateway project.
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