I'll get a little start on my catch-up. Rest to come later tonight or tomorrow (hopefully).
First, some breaking news from today: Planet Space "update"
Cape Breton Post online
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LOCAL NEWS
Last updated at 1:59 PM on 30/01/08
PlanetSpace awaiting word on NASA contract
The Cape Breton Post
SYDNEY – PlanetSpace will find out on Feb. 8 whether it is the successful bidder in NASA’s $174.7 million commercial orbital transportation services contract.
It’s the American-Canadian aeronautics company that’s working to launch a demonstration cargo spacecraft named the Silver Dart to low-earth orbit from Cape Breton by December 2009.
There are at least four other competitors for the contract to act as a transporter to and from the International Space Station.
PlanetSpace chairman Chirinjeev Kathuria told the Cape Breton Post the company won’t comment on its plans in Cape Breton until it holds a news conference after NASA makes it decision next week.
“We would be happy to have you join us at any press conference,” Kathuria said via e-mail, in response to questions concerning PlanetSpace’s future plans on the island.
PlanetSpace is looking at two unnamed sites in Cape Breton. One is believed to be an area near Alder Point, outside of Bras d’Or, while the other is located near Louisbourg.
The province is willing to give the company 300 acres of Crown land to develop the launch site.
Nova Scotia Business Inc. is in talks with PlanetSpace but the provincial government agency says it’s not in a position to comment on its work with the company until a deal is finalized.
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