Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 23 days agoTIL Canada is building a space port in Nova Scotiawww.maritimelaunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareSturgist@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·22 days agoBreaking reliance on American launch sites will be a big deal.
minus-squareuntakenusername@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·13 days agothe French have a really good one that the US has used in the past in french Guiana, and its better bc of how close to the equator it is, so the rotation of the planet helps launch the rockets more.
minus-squareQuilotoa@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·22 days agoAlthough I suspect we are importing U.S. technology and brains to do this.
minus-squareCenotaph@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoShort term imports for long term self-reliance sounds like the right way to go to me
Breaking reliance on American launch sites will be a big deal.
the French have a really good one that the US has used in the past in french Guiana, and its better bc of how close to the equator it is, so the rotation of the planet helps launch the rockets more.
Although I suspect we are importing U.S. technology and brains to do this.
Short term imports for long term self-reliance sounds like the right way to go to me