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Richmond-based MDA may lose 150 employees if satellite project doesn’t continue
May 12, 2012
100 employees already gone By Tracy Sherlock, Vancouver Sun May 11, 2012 Richmond-based space technology firm MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has lost about 100 employees and [...] More »
Fate of Canadian satellite project unclear
May 10, 2012
CBC News Posted: May 9, 2012 9:02 PM ET Last Updated: May 9, 2012 9:54 PM ET Industry Minister Christian Paradis says Canada is committed [...] More »
Canadian kids need their own voice, says Garneau
May 5, 2012
BY GEMMA SMITH, POSTMEDIA NEWS MAY 5, 2012 Canadian kids need a voice, according to Liberal MP Marc Garneau. Garneau’s new private member’s bill, tabled Thursday in [...] More »
The astronaut and the school kids
February 2, 2012
Students could barely contain their excitement as he talked about his training in Houston, Texas and described the thrill of take off and how it felt once the astronauts got into space. “It gets very quiet,” he said. “And the first thing you want to do is to float off into space.” The mood in the room turned serious when he described seeing pollution and deforestation of earth from space. “I remember looking down and recognizing the earth is our home, our only home, there is nowhere else we can go,” he said. “We have this beautiful planet. We need to take care of it.” He also suggested that students interested in becoming astronauts study hard, take care of their bodies and be good communicators, because when you are part of a crew you have to communicate very well. The learning experience ended with students asking Garneau questions in French such as what does he eat in space, how much money he earned as an astronaut and does he believe there is life on other planets. More »