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Cape Breton Enters Space Race

thatguywhoiam writes "A private deal has been put into place to construct a large space facility in Cape Breton. The Toronto Star says '...that Nova Scotia has signed a "team agreement" to provide 300 acres of land — and perhaps even some funding — for a massive orbital launch facility that will involve industry giants and could eventually be on scale with huge NASA operations. "We're basically building a private manned space program for Canada," says Chicago's Dr. Chirinjeev Kathuria, chairman of the PlanetSpace firm that lit the fuse for this deal. "The facility will see orbital flights, similar to the Kennedy Space Center."'"

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  1. Well it's ab.. by Dutch_Cap · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, it's aboot time!

  2. I think I speak for all of us in Nova Scotia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    WTF