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Ukraine and Nova Scotia to partner in spaceport deal

The new colonial movement: The Ukraine has agreed to be a partner in the building of a new spaceport in Nova Scotia.

It appears a Canadian company, Maritime Launch Services (MLS) has raised $10.5 million in investment capital to develop both the spaceport and a rocket it dubs Cyclone-4M. That company has also been negotiating with the Ukraine to buy engines from its two rocket engine manufacturers, Yuzhnoye and Yuzhmash, for that rocket. As part of the negotiations, the Ukrainian government has agreed to provide funding to these two companies.

Both sides will hold further meetings in Canada on this partnership in November, including top Ukrainian government officials, Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Uruskyi, State Space Agency of Ukraine Administrator Vladimir Taftai, and Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba.

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On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.

 
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3 comments

  • Mark

    This is a good model for countries that are part of the Artemis Accords to pool their resources and work on joint projects.

    Here are the 12 countries that are part of the Accords, and I listed them in order from high to low in regards to their present Space Tech capabilities based from what I’ve read here on BtB. Let me know if you would rank differently.

    * United States
    * Japan
    * Republic of Korea
    * United Kingdom
    * Italy
    * Canada
    * Ukraine
    * New Zealand
    * Australia
    * UAE
    * Brazil
    * Luxembourg

    Hopefully we’ll see India joining this year also.

  • Jeff Wright

    Cyclone…Tsyclon was the civilian name of the SS-9 Scarp…R-36…the first FOBs capable Titan II type rocket

  • Mark

    Bob – I have information on the Artemis Accords for your consideration which I posted as a comment to your ‘About’ section.

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