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Operations, while Canadian equipment,
used to study the aurora, has flown on Rus-
Sian spacecraft. But now, the Soviets may be
able to offer launch services, extensive space
Science and life science data and collabora-
tion, and a very immediate alternative
Manned space capability for our Canadian
astronauts. The presently perceived to be

“inactive” astronaut corps would be
instantly revitalized, would become more
Visible, and could expand the Canadian
experience in space enormously from the
increased scope of activity brought about by
Such a strategic international scientific and
business alliance.

Politically, a far-reaching co-operative
Schedule with the USSR will not go without
Controversy and possible reprisals. On the
Other hand, it may elicit a U.S. concession to

participate as a true partner in cooperative

global space efforts.

Canada’s reliance on Space Station-

related activity over the next five years is a

total of 37 per cent of the projected $1.33-
billion that will be spent on the space pro-

gram in this period. Canada’s spending on
the project will increase by over $500-
million over the five-year period, while
funds allocated to projects with ESA will
decrease from $42 to $13 million. This is a
short-sighted strategy that leaves Canada
handcuffed to one partner. What if the
space station project is scuttled or greatly
delayed? Where do the projected 80,000
person-years of employment end up?

Lack of competitiveness and typically
inestimable costs and delays in our space
program, due to either domestic or foreign

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circumstances, could be fatal. The goals of
space exploitation and commercialization
demand a coherent and far-reaching stra-
tegy. For the Canadian space program to
meet this demand, a Canadian Space
Agency, that ever elusive and mysterious
entity, must be clearly defined and formed.

Assuming that the agency is established
in Ottawa, and soon, an aggressive, long-
term agenda and the power and funding to
enforce it without political meddling must
be established. The Canadian Space
Agency, in co-ordinating the space activities
of government ministries and the private
sector, must:

@ Expand existing and provide for new
research and development labs that are
available to all members of the space indus-
try;

@ Focus and strengthen government-
industry-academia interaction in space
science and technology;

@ Expand the scope of Canadian space
activity through strategic international
alliances with ESA and Japan and explore
the opportunities possible with the USSR;

® Provide an effective mechanism for
timely technology transfer and commercial-
ization of space science and technology;

@ Expand the Canadian astronaut pro-
gram and actively encourage a higher pro-
file and industry agenda for manned space
efforts in Canada;

® Streamline the regional distribution of
the Canadian space industry.

Probably the most contentious issue on
this agenda is the highly-politicized area of
regional distribution. It will be difficult for
Canada’s space industry, or for any aspiring
nation or organization, to grow in several
places at one time. Only through a focused
and centralized effort will this aggressive
blueprint and its desired results be realized.

There is no. doubt that Canada has dis-
tinguished itself as a leading space-faring
nation in many aspects of space exploration
and utilization. I believe Canada and Cana-
dians wish to continue and expand this role
into the 21st century.

The establishment of the Canadian Space
Agency and its autonomous operation and
execution of a visionary space program and
technology agenda are prerequisites for an
economically fruitful Canadian space pro-
gram and for leadership in future civilian
space activity.

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