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在未来几年内加拿大的空间费用将急剧下降,如果加拿大政府不尽快批准修改后的长期规划项目,势必将严重削弱该国在空间界的地位。按照目前的拨款计划,用于加拿大空间项目的资金将从1993年的略低于5亿加元(4.2亿美元)降至2000年的略高于1亿加元(8400万美元)。空间费用的降低反映了加拿大3个主要空间项目的完成:MSAT移动卫星项目;雷达卫星(Radarsat)遥感项目和移动服务
In the next few years, the cost of space in Canada will drop sharply. If the Canadian government does not approve the revised long-term planning project as soon as possible, it will inevitably seriously weaken the country’s position in the space community. According to the current funding plan, the funds for the Canadian space program will fall from slightly less than 500 million Canadian dollars (420 million U.S. dollars) in 1993 to slightly more than 100 million Canadian dollars (84 million U.S. dollars) in 2000. The reduction in space costs reflects the completion of three major space projects in Canada: the MSAT mobile satellite project; Radarsat remote sensing project and mobile services