Canadian Space Agency Invests in Exploration Ideas

(firmenpresse) - LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC -- (Marketwire) -- 10/27/11 -- The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded six contracts to four organizations to develop concept studies in areas related to future space exploration ventures. The studies are part of the CSA's strategy to invest in emerging ideas that could become Canada's next revolutionary technologies, like a high resolution Canadian-led space telescope; robots to remove space debris and tune-up ailing satellites; an instrument to measure the composition of the atmosphere of planets; and a device that measures radiation exposure more accurately.

"The space business is about turning science fiction into reality," says Canadian Space Agency President Steve MacLean. "By funding concept studies, the CSA helps nurture ingenious Canadian ideas so that our space industry can work on designing tomorrow's space missions."

Under these contracts (valued at $250 000 each), each supplier will develop preliminary designs for six mission concepts:





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