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... a Commonwealth program was inevitable since the Blue Streak, outfitted with a Black Knight second stage, could outlift most of the US boosters, with the notable exception of Atlas-Agena-Centaur. Leslie ... Strikes Out - Canada's Defence & The Commonwealth Space Program by Robert Godwin 1 - The Empire Strikes Out - Canada's Defence & The Commonwealth Space Program - Part 2 by Robert Godwin 2 - The Empire ...

Image:AtlasCentaur2.jpg 200px Atlas Centaur 2 launch vehicle Category:Launch Vehicle

... States was now in the running to launch Canada's space program Diefenbaker still expressed interest in discussing a Commonwealth space program with the British and went on to say that Canada ... Strikes Out - Canada's Defence & The Commonwealth Space Program by Robert Godwin 1 - The Empire Strikes Out - Canada's Defence & The Commonwealth Space Program - Part 2 by Robert Godwin 2 - The Empire ...

... .5.1.4 Orbital Express The Orbital Express Space Operations Architecture program is a US Defense Advanced Research Programs Agency (DARPA) program developed to validate the technical feasibility of robotic on-orbit refueling ... 9.17 Cassini-Huygens Mission Design (courtesy NASA) 9.8 Assembling a Space Program The term “Space Program” invokes images of large undertakings such as the Apollo moon landings, the International Space ...

... . ref 6 ---- '''Go to Chapter''' The Empire Strikes Out - Canada's Defence & The Commonwealth Space Program - Part 2 by Robert Godwin 2 - The Empire Strikes Out - Canada's Defence & The Commonwealth Space Program - Part 3 by Robert Godwin 3 - The Empire Strikes Out - Canada's Defence & The Commonwealth ...

... urging him to support Canada’s involvement in a Commonwealth Space Program. In part the brief said, ''"Canadian participation in the program would be of great value toward sponsoring and maintaining in ... has recently been committed, that the major contributors to the free world's missile development programs are, almost without exception, active in astronautics.'' ''"It is barely possible that Canada cannot afford ...

... _Streaksmall.jpg thumb right '''Announcement of cancellation the British Blue Streak missile program, April 1960''' Two Commonwealth countries’ missile defence programs were threatened within days of each other, ostensibly for the same ... Strikes Out - Canada's Defence & The Commonwealth Space Program by Robert Godwin 1 - The Empire Strikes Out - Canada's Defence & The Commonwealth Space Program - Part 2 by Robert Godwin 2 - The Empire ...

... 1960)''' Image:1960-09-28_Blue_Streak_Canadasmall.jpg thumb right '''Canada declines Commonwealth space program opportunity (September 1960)''' In some respects this was one of the critical moments when Britain ... of Canada; effectively making the Bomarc useless. Kennedy then turned the conversation to the Apollo program and explained lunar orbit rendezvous to Diefenbaker. Diefenbaker later stated, ''"The difference between Prime Minister ...

... in England, Nigeria and Singapore. This modest alliance was all that remained of a Commonwealth program that included Canada. ref 7 Blue Streak Goes South MacMillan signed a deal with Germany ... Strikes Out - Canada's Defence & The Commonwealth Space Program by Robert Godwin 1 - The Empire Strikes Out - Canada's Defence & The Commonwealth Space Program - Part 2 by Robert Godwin 2 - The Empire ...

... 2% larger. But without Canada, and certainly without Britain, there could be no Commonwealth space program. However, today British and Canadian engineers produce some of the world's best satellite technology ... launched on rockets built elsewhere. With the British space program completely dissolved away in 1960, the only logical path for a Canadian space program would ultimately go through Washington. '''THE END''' ---- '''Go ...

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