As US relations fray, Canada gets serious about its own launch industry
The Canada Rocket Company gets serious about medium-lift launch.
The Canada Rocket Company gets serious about medium-lift launch.
The short version
- A year or two ago, a few Canadian launch companies were trying to develop small rockets, but if we’re being frank, the industry was not particularly notable.
- Sure, something interesting might eventually happen, but no one outside of a few Canadian space geeks was paying much attention.
- But then the Trump Administration started threatening and instituting tariffs.
What happened
There was talk of making Canada the 51st state. And pretty much every Canadian I know began telling me how enraged they were at their neighbors to the south.
Why it matters
This has led the Canadian government to reassess all manner of areas where it had previously been happy to rely largely on the US government and American companies for goods and services.
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