First sovereignty, then the world: Canada’s rocket builders see a bigger opening in space

Canadian rocket builders want Canada to stop hitching rides to space at the discretion of foreign providers, and the federal government has put a significant sum towards changing that. At the Canadian Space Launch Conference in Ottawa on Tuesday, the founders of three startups—event organizer NordSpace , Canada Rocket Company , and Reaction Dynamics —unpacked what sovereign space launch capabilities truly mean, why we need them, and where they think Canada has an opportunity to lead globally.