Sunday, March 09, 2008

Currently, Canada is facing a crisis. Who is allowed to exploit government sponsored space ventures? International regulation is needed.

Outrage greets U.S. bid to buy Canada's largest space firm; sale to include taxpayer-funded $524-million Radarsat-2 satellite (click title to article)


Physicist Lawrence Morley wants the auditor general to probe the pending sale of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates' space division to a U.S. firm because it would include the Radarsat-2 satellite, a piece of cutting-edge technology that has received millions in taxpayer funding.Photograph by : Cole Garside, The Ottawa Citizen