Space exploration may not quite be the final frontier of co-operation between Canada and Russia — but it’s close.
In spite of successive rounds of economic and diplomatic sanctions — as a result of issues such as Russia’s role in Ukraine and Syria — the job of blasting people into orbit has remained remarkably untouched by the bitter divide between Russia and its Western space partners, which include Canada.
“I like to view myself that I am standing on a bridge above all the unrest and tensions,” said David Saint-Jacques, Canada’s next space-bound traveller, who is scheduled to launch in December.
The 49-year-old Montrealer will lift off in a Russian rocket, sitting alongside a Russian cosmonaut commander and relaying key information
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