Rahul Goel wants to give Canada its Apollo moment | betakit.com
Rahul Goel wants to give Canada its Apollo moment | betakit.com
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Rahul Goel wants to give Canada its Apollo moment | BetaKit
"In August of this year, Rahul Goel will stand on the rocky cliffs of St. Lawrence, NL, watching a plume of fire rip across the sky.
If everything goes right, his company, NordSpace, will make history by orchestrating Canada’s first commercial rocket launch.
Canada was the fourth nation in the world to launch a satellite into space, helped pioneer aerospace engineering, and famously built the Canadarm. But for all its expertise, Canada has never launched a rocket from its own soil. Every satellite, every national security payload, every commercial launch is outsourced, mostly to the US."
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I’d rather they focused on things to actually help Canadians, like more dental coverage or un-privatizating the public transportation.
At the same time, space is a growing industry that will likely change the way we do things on the surface. I'd rather that we have some control over that than leave everything up to the americans. We could also benefit economically and use those funds for projects in other sectors.
There are also some direct practical applications, like satellite Internet in remote regions, and Earth observation / climate research.
I don't know how it will all play out, but this seems like a good thing. Why pay musk for starlink and spacex launches when we can set up something for ourselves.
Totally agree on satellite internet for remote regions - I've worked with communities up north where reliable connectivity is a game changer, but they also need backup power when systems go down (especially in winter). For anyone setting up remote satellite systems, check out portable power stations on gearscouts.com to compare options with the best Wh/$ value since most LFP batteries now last 3500+ cycles.
Canada needs public satellite internet to help Canadians
We are too large and remote to not have it, however this is about private enterprise
"If everything goes right, his company, NordSpace, will make history by orchestrating Canada’s first commercial rocket launch."
This is a private entity, not the government. Unless you mean you want a private company to somehow do more dental coverage and a private company to make private transit public.
You could have at least read the blurb I put in the body text of the post.
Yay another fucking private company that will lobby politicians and eventually push its owner to a Musk level position and can abuse government grants and tax breaks instead of investing in Canadian public services.
Oh my God enough of this. Being a leader in industries like space during the early days of a new space race literally helps Canada and Canadians. Brush your teeth and stop with this pity party
Funny coming from the guy rooting for Trump and watches Joe Rogan.
Did you consume too much ivermectin or do you just enjoy acting like cattle?
Perfect is the enemy of progress. We can do all of those things.
You can go out and harrass your duly elected officials for those things and leave the space people alone..