Mars Mission
Mars Mission
What are some of the ways Canada could benefit from an International Mars Mission?
A lot of American firms were pretty angry that Canada got to build the Canadarm. It was a high tech plum in that it was a multimilion dollar robotics contract where such money is rare. Having the experience from working on it, and having it on the companies’ resume meant that it will be easier for this Canadian firm to get robotics contracts at the expense of the American firms.
The USA was happy to have someone help pay for the Shuttle, but they were not so happy when we took home a nice technical benefit.
The space program is the only project that the US government has done that has made money. The costs of the space program were directly paid for by improved weather forecasting and the computer revolution made its home in the USA because the miniaturization of the circuitry required by the space program. There are some very good books that look at the ‘costs’ of the space program which show that the high tech spin offs of space program gave the US a 30 year technological boost that they are still enjoying (a little bit) to this day.
Canada could likewise benefit from high tech investments.
Finally do we want our kids to be looking up to pop-stars like Paris Hilton or do we want them inspired by something real. Like Canadians actually doing something that we stay in the history books – the exploration, and colonization of a new world.
Warm regards, Rick.
[NASA TV] Phoenix Mars Mission: Entry, Descent and Landing
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