Meanwhile, in Canada...

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Ottawa puts $200M into space launch pad in Nova Scotia

Announced by the Minister of Defence, so the Sovereign Space Launch program is part of our increased military spending.

He added that Ottawa does not want to be entirely dependent on third parties to launch rockets into space, but he did not name any specifically.

McGuinty also announced Canada plans to become a full member of the NATO Starlift initiative, a project to create a space-launch network to allow allies to send payloads into space on short notice.

The Halifax-based company Maritime Launch Services, which is building Spaceport Nova Scotia, will set up the site near Canso, N.S.

We could use a bit more infrastructure in Nova Scotia, though. while we could put launchers and satellites on barges and ship them from Halifax (the closest seaport with rail access) to Canso, it would probably be faster to put them on trains... which means they're going to have to replace some track that was pulled up a couple of decades ago. But that's an issue for when Spaceport Nova Scotia (yes, that's what Maritime Launch Services has named it) is closer to completion.