Canadian Space Agency Announces Major Mars Initiative

Posted by jburk to Reconnaissance Orbiter at May 25, 2001 12:00 PM

Participants at the 3rd Canadian Space Exploration Workshop (CSEW), being held in Montreal this weekend, were among the first to hear that Canada wants to go to Mars. In a pre-banquet speech on Saturday night, former astronaut Dr. Marc Garneau, now serving as Executive Vice-President for the Canadian Space Agency announced that the CSA would be expanding its space exploration efforts over the next several years, with Mars research being a major focus. The announcement came on the 40th anniversary of President Kennedy's stirring and oft-quoted call for an American presence on the moon.