International Effort Could Put First Canadian On the Moon

A long-term plan created by 14 cooperating space agencies around the world could mean that a Canadian astronaut may get to visit the moon sometime close to 2030. The International Space Exploration Coordination Group, of which Canada is a part, released last week an updated roadmap laying out intended projects, including a lunar visit. "[CSA space exploration director Jean-Claude Piedboeuf] suggested astronauts could again be moon-bound in about 15 years. It would be the first human visit to the shining orb since 1972, when NASA astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmidt spent 75 hours there. This time, there could well be Canadian visitors. Their specialty: robotics. 'We're proposing a vision where Canada could have an astronaut, effectively a Canadian who will be in lunar space, either in orbit or on the moon and could operate a Canadian rover in the same way that Canadians operate a Canadarm on the space station,' Piedboeuf said."

Comments

May I suggest Justin Bieber?

[Begemot]

Pleaaaaaaaaase....

Don't stop there

[hessian]

How soon before we can send the rest of them?

Re:May I suggest Justine Bieber?

[MysteriousPreacher]

Leave her alone!

Not only first Canadian. First human on the moon.

[Anonymous Coward]

No more hollywood fakes. Nothing this time will hide from high definition cameras. Will have proof and can trace every step from the start to the moon. No more lying, no more fake Apollo flights.

Re:Not only first Canadian. First human on the moo

[Beardo the Bearded]

Look, the moon landings were faked. Just not the way you think.

They were filmed on a sound stage on the moon. We've had a base on the dark side since the 50's.