[OT]: More on the Canadian Spaceport front (Was: How to help a Canadian Spaceport?)

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 02:54:31PM -0400, Scott Elcomb wrote:
> I came across a story in the Sun today which reminded me of the
> conversation we had on-list a couple years ago...
> 
> "Cape Breton may become a Canadian version of Florida’s historic Cape
> Canaveral where astronauts and rockets have been launched into outer
> space for decades.
> 
> The Canadian Space Agency is looking at the Nova Scotia island as one
> of two possible sites to blast small satellites into orbit using an
> indigenous rocket launch system.
> 
> The other possible micro-satellite launch site is Fort Churchill in
> Manitoba, near Hudson Bay, where hundreds of small research rockets
> have been launched in the past."
> 
> For those who were/are interested, this latest story can be found at:
> <http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/28/13385886.html>
> 
> The focus no longer appears to be on tourism although it is mentioned
> in the article.  Monitoring Arctic sovereignty is also listed as a
> potential reason for having a spaceport.
> 
> Cheers,
> - Scott.
> 
> PS - Some context from the ~2.5 year old conversation:

I guess the location is fine for sending up satelites that are supposed
to do polar orbits.  It would be an awful location for launching
geostationary stuff from, not that those are any good at monitoring
Canada. :)

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Len Sorensen
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