Good evening ladies and gentleman and welcome to the tonight show with Jimmyy Falonn. I’m your host Jimmy and for tonight’s episode, we have a special guest star. He was the first Canadian to ever use the Canadarm. Please welcome, coming all the way from his house…Chrisss Hadfielddd. Thank you, Jimmy. Okay, so, today I’m going to talk about space technologies As Leanne Gignac once said, “technologies that were originally developed for space exploration now have a range of environmental, medical, business, and domestic uses. However, these technologies were developed at great cost, using funds that might have been directed to other types of research and development.” Canada's contribution to the International Space Station is the Mobile Servicing System. The MSS is an advanced robotic arm, also known as the Canadarm. The Canadarm is 17m long and it’s what assembled the Station in space. It was developed for the Canadian Space Agency by the MDA (MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd) of Brampton. …show more content…
Space Shuttle Program is that the first Canadarm cost about $100 million. Since then, NASA has ordered four more units, at a cost of about $600 million. However, even though the robotic arm is extremely expensive, it has also done a lot to contribute to space exploration. For instance, it has transported cargo, positioned astronauts, preserved equipment, and it has also deployed, captured and repaired satellites. It helped construct the International Space Station which helped us discover several celestial bodies. We’ve discovered an abundance of simple elements, cosmic background radiation, dark matter, and the fact that the universe is