Canadarm Despite being part of SDI “Star Wars” they did participate in NASA
In 1974 NASA gave Canada the opportunity to design, develop and build the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS) Canadarm was created - 15m long robotic arm that can lift 30,000kg on Earth and 266,000 in space Uses less electricity than a toaster Debuted in 1981 and yet to malfunction Canada became recognized for expertise in robotics |
Strategic Defense InitiativeReagan planned to create a missile shield above the US inspired by Star Wars
Research for this idea cost a lot of money Soviets tried to keep up and ended up basically going bankrupt SDI never went through |
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