Posted on 05/10/2006 8:00:45 PM PDT by KevinDavis
In 10 or 15 years, when a manned NASA mission to the South Pole of the moon prepares for blast-off, there’s a good chance that mining technology developed in the Sudbury area will be on board, said Dale Boucher, manager of prototype development with the Northern Centre for Advanced Technology (NORCAT).
The Sudbury-based product development and innovation centre, in partnership with private sector mining supplier Electric Vehicle Controllers Ltd. (EVC), has won several NASA and Canadian Space Agency contracts to develop drilling technology for the moon and Mars, and hosts an annual symposium to foster collaboration between the space and mining industries.
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This will contribute to space development. The other thing that will contribute most is withdrawal from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty.
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