Space tourism venture picks Canadian jet engine (CBC Ottawa)
A Pratt & Whitney Canada engine is to power the launch plane for what is described as the world's first commercial passenger suborbital space ship....more...Space tourism venture picks Canadian jet engine (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News)
A Pratt & Whitney Canada engine designed for business jets is to power the launch plane for what is described as the world's first commercial passenger suborbital space ship....more... Rockers are for adults: Green: City tourism official worried publicity over singer's bad words will hurt Festival of ... (The Guardian)
Festival of Lights organizers are making no apologies for a foul-mouthed concert by rockers Nickelback over the Canada Day weekend in Charlottetown....more... Pratt & Whitney Canada PW308 Engine to Power Virgin Galactic's Suborbital Spaceship Launcher (RedNova)
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.'s PW308 turbof...more... RETRANSMISSION/Pratt & Whitney Canada PW308 Engine to Power Virgin Galactic's Suborbital Spaceship Launcher (SYS-CON Media)
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.'s PW308 turbofan engine has been selected by The Spaceship Company (TSC) - a jointly-owned Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites company - to power the White Knight II (WK2) launch aircraft for the world's first commercial passenger suborbital spaceship SpaceShipTwo (SS2). Virgin Galactic is the launch customer for the SS2 system, having ordered five SS2 spacecraft ......more... Canada to Fortify Arctic Sovereignty With New Icebreakers (Environment News Service)
ESQUIMALT, British Columbia, Canada , July 10, 2007 (ENS) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper Monday announced the construction of up to eight Polar Class 5 Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships and the establishment of a deep water port in the far North....more... Hunt good for tourism, but bad for gophers (The Halifax Daily News)
On the one hand, it's a beloved mascot for Saskatchewan's football team, but on the other, farmers decry the gopher as a pesky rodent that is eating them out of house and home....more... RETRANSMISSION/Pratt & Whitney Canada PW308 Engine to Power Virgin Galactic's Suborbital Spaceship Launcher (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.'s PW308 turbofan engine has been selected by The Spaceship Company - a jointly-owned Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites company - to power the White Knight II launch aircraft for the world's first commercial passenger suborbital spaceship SpaceShipTwo....more... Ottawa Tourism Prez Steps Down Daniel Proussalidis (580 CFRA News Talk Radio)
Jacques Burelle is stepping down as President and CEO of Ottawa Tourism, effective July 20th. Burelle's held the position since July, 2003. He says his mandate is over now that Ottawa Tourism has completed its transformation into a privately funded, not-for-profit association....more... |