Posted AT 9:10 PM EDT on 09/05/08
Lost in space
VANCOUVER — A few months ago, John MacDonald got a call from an executive at MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., the company he'd co-founded in 1969 and that had gone on to become the heavyweight of Canada's space sector.
MDA had bid for – and won – a contract to build the chassis for a Mars rover that would be part of the European Space Agency's ambitious ExoMars mission, the caller said.
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