Chuck Black: May 2011 Archives

Space tourist Guy Laliberté publishes his orbital scrapbook, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronauts step up their efforts to remind us that they "still have a bright future," although maybe not as government astronauts and the new federal minister of industry (who's also responsible for the CSA) has a background in agriculture and natural resources management, which should give him a understanding of the growing space based geomatics industry. All that and more, this week in space for Canada.

MacDonald Dettwiler (MDA) promises to either buy a space company with US roots or else return to shareholders the $793 million CDN acquired from the January sale of it's property-information business. Maybe they should talk with executives at Telesat, who declined again to discuss efforts to sell their company during the quarterly Telesat conference call on Thursday. Meanwhile, back in academia, researchers at the University of Guelph rediscover an old Russian secret to dealing with human waste in space. All that, with nothing thrown out the airlock, this week in space for Canada.