Canada at 'mercy of others' while it can't launch payloads into space: former NASA chief economist

On the heels of the successful Artemis II space mission, the federal government says it's taking another step toward launching Canadian spacecraft from home soil. On Tuesday, Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon introduced into the House of Commons the Canadian Space Launch Act or C-28, which he said would give Canada its own 'sovereign way to space.' Alexander MacDonald, NASA's former chief economist, discusses the act and why Canada's ability to launch its own payloads into space will be a 'fundamental part' of maintaining national sovereignty in the future.

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