The new space race is Canada’s to lose

Other countries’ governments don’t seem as intent as we do on 'creating a level playing field' for their foreign competitors. Instead, they unabashedly get behind their home teams, creating jobs, innovation, and intellectual property.

In September, SpaceX took the next big step, sending four tourists to an orbit higher than the International Space Station. These achievements in human spaceflight reflect more than the power of imagination. They are the outcome of the dizzying pace of innovation and investment driving the rapidly growing space economy, writes Mike Greenley. Flickr photograph courtesy of SpaceX

Opinion

BY MIKE GREENLEY

November 24, 2021

Over the last several months, the world has witnessed a series of historic firsts in human spaceflight happening one after the other. In July, with the world watching, Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin and their ambitious founders took passengers to the edge of space for several minutes, breaking fou...

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