 Dancing with the pygmy elephant: The Canadian space program, future directions amid challengesRoger Handberg Technology in Society, 2017, vol. 51, issue C, 209-214 Abstract: Since the inception of the space age, Canada has pursued a partnership with the U.S. through NASA including participation from the Apollo era forward to the International Space Station. Canada joined the European Space Agency as a participating state since 1979. While these cooperative activities continued over the years, Canada also carved out areas of technology that both created economic returns but were valuable in terms of the joint projects. In a change that impacts Canada, NASA began restructuring its mission profile while it grappled with the shuttle program's termination and a downturn in the national economy. For Canada, finding a way forward for its space program is essential given the economic benefits and the international cache that accrues to a middle sized state that operates an independent space program. Finding its way forward is not easy given the costs associated with such endeavors. This paper examines Canada's current program development and its direction given the U.S. decline relative to other space powers. It also places Canada's program in the context of the debate over space technology utilization for economic development and competitiveness. Date: 2017 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:teinso:v:51:y:2017:i:c:p:209-214 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2017.09.008 Access Statistics for this article Technology in Society is currently edited by Charla Griffy-Brown More articles in Technology in Society from Elsevier |
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