Retired General Walter Natynczyk Tasked to Lead the Canadian Space Agency [Watch], SpaceRef Canada “Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today that General (Retired) Walter John Natynczyk, former Chief of the Defence Staff, is to become the President of the Canadian Space Agency, effective August 6, 2013” Marc’s note: I’ve included a 30 minute interview from Canada’s version of C-SPAN, CPAC, from a show called Beyond Politics. It gives you an […]

Canada Commits to the International Space Station Beyond 2015, SpaceRef Canada “The government announced today that Canada intends to renew its commitment to the International Space Station(ISS) beyond 2015. Minister of Industry Christian Paradis made the announcement in Quebec City where the ISS Heads of Agency meeting is currently taking place. The news was expected but it took some time for Canada to commit, making it the last of the […]

Canadian Space Agency Moves Forward with Executing Next Space Plan, SpaceRef Canada “The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will see it’s budget peak this year at an all time high of $424.6 million then drop 34% over the following two years according to estimates released yesterday in their annual Report on Plans and Priorities. At the same the agency has completed an overhaul and restructuring of their Program Activity Architecture which […]

NASA – The Frontier is Everywhere Video Goes Viral, But Why?, Marc Boucher, editor, SpaceRef Canada “Let’s remember Gower is Canadian. Why isn’t he ranting about the Canadian Space Agency? Ah well, NASA does have much higher profile. Gower says “their media sucks”, well ok, sometimes it does, and then he says “None of their brilliant scientists appear to know how to connect with the social media crowd”, and this […]