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Cape Breton joins space race

August 16, 2006
"We're basically building a private manned space program for Canada,"
- Dr. Chirinjeev Kathuria, chairman of the PlanetSpace firm

Cape Breton, NS - N.S. signs private launch facility deal Space station flights planned by 2009

Nova Scotia has signed a "team agreement" to provide 300 acres of land - and perhaps even some funding - for a massive orbital launch facility that will involve industry giants and could eventually be on scale with huge NASA operations.

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