Mike, South of the Boarder

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    • Is the Macdonald Dettwiler/Alliant Space Deal Dead? [view article]
      You seam to forget the sale of Lockheed Martin's Sanders Division to BAE a UK firm. This was one of the first major defense businesses in the US that was sold to a non US company. That said I do agree that it was in Canada's best interest to prevent this sale; however, now they question is what is Canada going to do to maintain and build this "asset" they need to protect their arctic region. The answer is they need to develop the industry; space and aerospace as a whole. In 2006 the Canadian government spent around $386 Million on Space. The US spent 38.6 BILLION in that same year. If RadarSat-2, CanadArm 1 and 2, and Dextre are assets of national pride then what are you doing to build upon that legacy? In the use the Aerospace Industry employes almost 600K people, in Canada about 80K? There is alot of work to be done by the government to stand behind it's words if they are to be see as anything more then just words. Apr 21 07:22 AM
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