I am very pleased to see our Canadian neighbors extend their commitment to both the ISS and to space exploration in general.
One Canadian astronaut is guaranteed a flight to space by 2019, the other by 2024.
He [Industry Minister James Moore] is expected to pledge as much as $350-million over four years. The Canadian Space Agency’s planned spending for the current fiscal year is more than $83-million, and this new pledge from Canada is expected to be a similar amount on a yearly basis.