The crew of Artemis II, Reid Wiseman, second from left, Jeremy Hansen, Christine Hammock Koch and Victor Glover, are applauded by Canadian Space Agency President Lisa Campbell, left, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, during a presentation at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa, on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press.

Canada needs its own Moon mission

Getting ahead in the new lower-cost space flight revolution could be Canada’s ticket to international recognition as a world leader in space-related technological innovation, with all the attendant benefits, economic and otherwise, that will flow from that.