http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/05/07/last-chance-for-salvaging-the-mda-sale/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=last-chance-for-salvaging-the-mda-sale Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/05/07/last-chance-for-salvaging-the-mda-sale/#comment-47417 Mon, 12 May 2008 01:35:56 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/05/07/last-chance-for-salvaging-the-mda-sale/#comment-47417 One of CSA’s problems is the space agency and investment is tied to U.S. space interests whether public or private. If space interest by the U.S. public is on the wane both NASA and CSA suffer for funding, CSA more so . So rather than see Canadian high tech leave the N.Am technology orbit it’s bought by ATK. Ottawa’s bluster to buy MDA and double fund CSA is a dream. The Canadian public does not have the stomach for heavy investment in space. Presently high space technology in Canada is not the Ukraine, Australia, Japan or even India.

]]> http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/05/07/last-chance-for-salvaging-the-mda-sale/#comment-47024 Wed, 07 May 2008 12:54:33 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/05/07/last-chance-for-salvaging-the-mda-sale/#comment-47024 Now it begins. Following the knee-jerk reaction that led to Canada’s blocking of the MDA sale it was inevitable that the cries for more funding from the CSA would soon arise. Anyone with half a brain knows that Canada is a small time player in the space applications industry. What we do, we do very well, but we are just not big enough or rich enough to support a full fledged space exploration industry. Now, because of the howls from the super nationalists, we are in danger of losing our best vehicle for inclusion into the big players club. That is unless we come up with huge sums of government cash to fund make work projects that the major space faring nations won’t buy. Our contracts with NASA are long gone and we are left with nothing but a dwindling handful of small time Canadian projects and the loss of expertise. Well done, all you super sovereignists. Let the lawsuits begin.

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