It’s because the results came back and the cheese isn’t the right type for poutine.
rraj2k81 on
“Even as the federal government boosts defence spending to historic levels—including significant investments in the space sector—it is simultaneously beginning to deliver on its promise to rein in overall spending. With the release of the 2026–27 Departmental Plan, we now know exactly where those cuts will hit the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), most notably with the outright termination of the Lunar Rover Mission. ”
In other words Carney’s austerity cuts directly led to this.
At a time Canada is throwing money at everything in the name growing the economy, doing this is probably the dumbest thing the federal govt can do.
Growing the CSA should be up there on the top of our priority list.
Impossible-Ticket169 on
Haha I guess we weren’t ready for that acid trip yet… we’ve all been kept in the dark on this one but yah it’s a spooky rabbit hole and do we really want to know. Once you know you can’t unknow anymore and you realize how precious being human is. I honestly believe something not human is chilling there and doesn’t like human thinking it can just build future hotels and casinos there.
gringo_escobar on
🙁
Falconflyer75 on
Aw man that would have been so cool and a major source of national pride
Also a way to say “screw you” to the Trump admin if we could take one small step without needing NASA
Jman1a on
Need to make war robots on earth unfortunately.
leopardbaseball on
Sounds like competency issues
Dont-concentrate-556 on
Carneys federal budget cuts now (don’t) reach the moon!
Serpuarien on
Lunar rover mission? Nope.
Ineffective gun buyback program? Yup.
If this was a con government we would have been calling out the federal government for being anti-science lol
NoMustardHotDog on
Sad.
wheresthebody on
Boooooooo!
No_You5794 on
you could buy something decent from traxxis for a couple grand, but I’m sure they spent millions, and delivered nothing.
GreatCanadianPotato on
The Government of Canada is giving billions of dollars to US-Owned “Canadian” company Telesat to stick it to Elon Musk.
Meanwhile, our actual space agency is getting funding cut and actual worthwhile science projects now being canned because of it.
As someone passionate about space, this hurts.
-Yazilliclick- on
Fuck me so many people acting like this is the only project and signs of some giant cuts to the entire CSA program. Guessing by the level of awareness of programs and spending most didn’t even know about this project until this article and especially don’t know about any others on the go.
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They probably found out that there has been actual people there before…..allegedly…
The article doesn’t say why it was cancelled , they have been working on it since 2022
[Fuck the Moon](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FKHhalAVgAEJ5sF?format=jpg&name=large)
It’s because the results came back and the cheese isn’t the right type for poutine.
“Even as the federal government boosts defence spending to historic levels—including significant investments in the space sector—it is simultaneously beginning to deliver on its promise to rein in overall spending. With the release of the 2026–27 Departmental Plan, we now know exactly where those cuts will hit the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), most notably with the outright termination of the Lunar Rover Mission. ”
In other words Carney’s austerity cuts directly led to this.
At a time Canada is throwing money at everything in the name growing the economy, doing this is probably the dumbest thing the federal govt can do.
Growing the CSA should be up there on the top of our priority list.
Haha I guess we weren’t ready for that acid trip yet… we’ve all been kept in the dark on this one but yah it’s a spooky rabbit hole and do we really want to know. Once you know you can’t unknow anymore and you realize how precious being human is. I honestly believe something not human is chilling there and doesn’t like human thinking it can just build future hotels and casinos there.
🙁
Aw man that would have been so cool and a major source of national pride
Also a way to say “screw you” to the Trump admin if we could take one small step without needing NASA
Need to make war robots on earth unfortunately.
Sounds like competency issues
Carneys federal budget cuts now (don’t) reach the moon!
Lunar rover mission? Nope.
Ineffective gun buyback program? Yup.
If this was a con government we would have been calling out the federal government for being anti-science lol
Sad.
Boooooooo!
you could buy something decent from traxxis for a couple grand, but I’m sure they spent millions, and delivered nothing.
The Government of Canada is giving billions of dollars to US-Owned “Canadian” company Telesat to stick it to Elon Musk.
Meanwhile, our actual space agency is getting funding cut and actual worthwhile science projects now being canned because of it.
As someone passionate about space, this hurts.
Fuck me so many people acting like this is the only project and signs of some giant cuts to the entire CSA program. Guessing by the level of awareness of programs and spending most didn’t even know about this project until this article and especially don’t know about any others on the go.