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• Canada losing ground in space:
• the POSSIBLE sale of Dextre's maker, the space division of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. of Richmond, B.C to an American aerospace and weapons contractor, Minneapolis-based Alliant Techsystems raises concern about the legacy of a nation that was a pioneer in space robots and satellites
• according to a 2006 report Canada's space budget was the lowest of all G8 nations, both in absolute terms and relative to its GDP
• http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/s...
• http://www.thespacereview.com/article/10...
• Arthur C Clarke Dies, Who is the next sci-fi visionary?: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/23/weekin...
• Obama wins them back!: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/22/r...
• Global warming-food production-globalizat...http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/20...

Space Policies

• All of the candidates proposals: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/...
• editorial on lack of support for NASA by candidates:

"Should the next president decide to delay or cancel our next generation spacecraft and rockets for partisan reasons, he or she will be condemning the United States to second-class status in space for decades to come. Delays or cancellations will cause a massive loss of capability as the work force with the knowledge and expertise to take us back to the moon and beyond will retire or move on to other careers. The United States has committed itself to this new direction. The next president must ratify such a commitment." http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/edit...

Barack Obama:

• Develop the next generation of space vehicles, and complete the international spac...