An end to Canada's Space Program? hardly
Thsi week Canadian historian Chris Gainor wrote a good article on the sale of Canada's MDA to ATK in the Space Review "Canada’s space program in crisis".
In it he states at the end:
"If the MDA sale and the end of the shuttle program mark the effective end of Canada’s space program, much of the blame must go to the Liberal government that left office two years ago, which ignored calls by Garneau, then CSA’s president, for innovative policies that would have increased Canada’s role in Mars exploration, and the current Conservative government that continued the previous government’s neglect of space policy. The Canadian government needs to act soon to save Canada’s space program.
I would suggest people read this article as it has some interesting points, but to state that Canada's space program would be effectively at an end is pretty strong statement that I don't agree with.
