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The road to space for a Canadian spaceship is a bit shorter now that its rocketeer team has found a suitable launch site. The Ontario-based firm PLANETSPACE/Canadian Arrow announced today that it has chosen a military base near Cape Rich, just off Georgian Bay, as the proving ground for its manned suborbital spacecraft. Located on the Canadian Forces Meaford Range and Testing Area, the site will host engine test fires, escape system shakedowns and ultimately the first flights for the Canadian Arrow launch vehicle, project officials told SPACE.com. “It’s about 70 square kilometers (44 square miles), so it’s a huge...

CHICAGO: In a gargantuan move, Dr. Chrinjeev Kathuria and Geoff Sheerin of Canadian Arrow have joined hands to form a new corporation, PLANETSPACE to fulfill their dreams of taking passengers to space on a commercial basis. The company targets, according to Kathuria, to fly around 2000 astronauts in the first five years and generate USD $200 million. Space trotting would cost a miniscule of what it costs now as fares will start at USD $250,000 for a suborbital flight that would also cover a 14-day training. Geoff Sheerin, who would serve as the President and CEO of the new company...

London, Ontario, Canada, May 6 /PR Direct/ - May 5, 2005 - Canadian Arrow has successfully tested their main engine designed to produce the thrust required for liftoff of the rocket. The test, conducted on May 5th at a site north of London, is the latest in a series completed on the rocket engine for the Canadian Arrow launch vehicle. "Canadian Arrow now has an engine with the thrust required to launch passengers to space," said Canadian Arrow president and CEO Geoff Sheerin.