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Bewaretheicespiders t1_ja5allg wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Opinion: Mining on the moon is no longer a loony idea, and Canada can capitalize on it by Gari_305

Canada tagging along for the ride if the only thing it ever did. They will, *again*, build yet another robotic arm, and exchange it for a couple of astronaut tickets on an american ride.

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ca_kingmaker t1_ja5cbfr wrote

That’s kind of the description of every country outside of USA, Russia, and China isn’t it?

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Bewaretheicespiders t1_ja5uz3k wrote

Europe, Japan, South Korea, India are making a better effort for sure. Even North Korea made it to orbit. Canada's a G7 country with a better GDP than Russia, but has no space ambition at all.

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ca_kingmaker t1_ja5vrz4 wrote

But none of them have gotten anybody to space without a trip one somebody else’s rocket.

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Bewaretheicespiders t1_ja64v1r wrote

True, but at least theyre somewhat trying to get there.

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ca_kingmaker t1_ja69g1n wrote

It’s a pretty weak criticism that you disregard Canada for going with USA yet Europe as a continent gets credit.

You’d think it was more an anti Canadian bias.

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Bewaretheicespiders t1_ja80a03 wrote

Im a canadian citizen, so I have not only a right but a duty to criticise what my government is doing.

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ca_kingmaker t1_ja84elv wrote

Lol called it. Let me guess, you don’t live in Canada anymore?

Your criticism in this case is that Canada doesn’t have a space program outside of partnerships, while ignoring that Europe is a cooperative space program of countries many of which are larger populations than Canada.

As they still haven’t launched any of their own people into space.

It’s really quite a dumb criticism.

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Bewaretheicespiders t1_ja8919d wrote

I did consulting work for the CSA. They bemoan (in private) the government's lack of space ambitions just as I do. They were hoping to get a budget boost when the government switched from the CPC to the LPC and especially with an astronaut as minister of transport, but they got nothing. Canada's missing the boat on developping an actual space industry and with what happened to Bombardier the country is well on its way to lose its aerospace industry as whole. That you cannot discuss that like an adult and resort to petty personal attacks, that is dumb.

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