Rocket Report: Canada makes a major move, US Space Force says actually, let's be hasty

Welcome to Edition 8.34 of the Rocket Report! The most important significant news this week, I believe, is the decision by Canada to make a serious investment in launch infrastructure at a spaceport in Nova Scotia. Tensions have risen between the United States and Canada of late (for reasons which are baffling to this author, who has always had an affinity for the nation to our north), and as a result Canada is seeking launch independence.

Canada makes major commitment to space launch. The country's leading minister of national defense, David J. McGuinty, announced on Monday a $200 million investment in "core infrastructure" for a spaceport in Nova Scotia.

Why do this now? … McGuinty cited "a more complex and unpredictable security environment. " He added, "In the decades ahead, our security, our prosperity, and our sovereignty will increasingly extend beyond our atmosphere.