tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6618880.post8477091230439001433..comments2024-03-27T00:26:31.343-07:00Comments on The Commercial Space Blog: Will Australia Become the Third Nation to Encourage Private Sector Space Mining?Chuck Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09506476753520146858noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6618880.post-50662205024353996272019-02-26T11:06:21.846-08:002019-02-26T11:06:21.846-08:00in 2016, the Canadian mining sector contributed mo...in 2016, the Canadian mining sector contributed more than 56 billion to the GDP. [http://mining.ca/sites/default/files/documents/Facts-and-Figures-2017.pdf] with over 400,000 direct jobs<br /><br />Aerospace contributed only 25 billion (2% of that was space sector)[https://aiac.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/State-of-Canadas-Aerospace-Industry-2018-Report.pdf]<br /><br />Mining typically invests far less in innovation than the oil and gas sector.<br /><br />Maybe it is time we got rolling?<br /><br />DaleDale Boucherhttps://www.deltion.ca/noreply@blogger.com