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… After submitting its bid, TKMS said it had partnered with German launch services provider Isar Aerospace to help establish sovereign Canadian access to space. Isar probably will help, rather than compete … In recent months Canada has gotten serious about developing its own sovereign access to space. …
… The 1967 Outer Space Treaty, agreed to by all spacefaring nations, essentially says no country can claim sovereignty over territory on the Moon. …
… There’s been a lot of talk about the Canadian government’s recent commitment to invest in a sovereign launch capability. There was the announcement last year of a federal budget of 182.6 million Canadian dollars $131 million over three years to establish a sovereign launch program. …
… During the anomaly, Blue Origin lost the lightning tower at its launch site as well as the massive transporter-erector, which moved the rocket from a nearby integration hangar out to the launch site and lifted it vertically for takeoff. …