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<strong>Title: </strong> <a href="/link.php?id=26510" target="_blank">Nova Scotia to Build Space Tourist Launchpad</a> (click to view)

<strong>Category:</strong> <a href="/news/topic/3-tech" target="_blank">Tech</a>
<strong>Posted By: </strong> <a href="/modules.php?name=Your_Account&op=userinfo&username=Scape" target="_blank">Scape</a>
<strong>Date: </strong> 2007-10-27 03:03:33
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[Scape]

No one has any thoughts on Caper Canaveral?

[novachick]

Scape Scape:

No one has any thoughts on Caper Canaveral?

Yeah I was hoping that story wasn't posted I'm sure Dan/Tricks is now going to be saying "see I said she was a blonde space cadet"

[Streaker]

This makes me think of cucumbers in Newfoundland for some reason.

At any rate, it seems like a fairly dodgy spinoff, and an obvious if indirect government subsidy. I guess the Cons gotta do something in Atlantic Canada. I wonder how the western Con base will react to this? lol

Still, I hope it turns out well and succeeds.

[Arctic_Menace]

Scape Scape:

No one has any thoughts on Caper Canaveral?

Forget Cape Canaveral, it's gonna be about Cape Breton now.

[ShepherdsDog]

What....so they can all get to Toronto and the Alberta oil patch faster?

[Alta_redneck]

Streaker Streaker:

I wonder how the western Con base will react to this? lol

Now Danny Williams will be jumping up and down demanding NL gets one. Oh and we don't mind this out west. After all the Liberals bought us one of these. Actually it's the only one in the world

[Arctic_Menace]

Yeah, you guys also have Vulcan, Alberta.

Home of Spock Days

[Alta_redneck]

Arctic_Menace Arctic_Menace:

Yeah, you guys also have Vulcan, Alberta.

Home of Spock Days

A man that knows his Country. And thats only the tip of the iceberg as far as different days go, out here.

[Canadian_Mind]

Actually the space centre has been in the works for two or three years now, both for private space flights and it's NASA-related applications. For instance, it is at a better latitude than Cape Canaveral as far as accessing the ISS goes. It's also at a better location for setting up Polar orbits.

The 45 million isn't much, but it should help the project become reality.

[ryan29]

an interesting idea but maybe not practical at this time , but it is the kind of thing which could turn into a tourist attraction at some point well maybe.

[Canadian_Mind]

There's about 5 companies involved, and while there hasn't been much public talk about it, I know of several people at NASA whom are very interested in the idea.