{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"In the Money with Amber Kanwar","title":"Canada’s SpaceX: The New Space Race—and Living on the Moon by 2028","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2704,"description":"Canada was one of the first countries in space. Now, as a new space race takes off, does it have what it takes to become a global leader again?\nIn this episode of our summer series Can Canada Meet the Moment?, Paige Ellis sits down with Mike Greenley, CEO of MDA Space—Canada’s answer to SpaceX—to explore the enormous economic opportunity opening up beyond Earth. Greenley says the Earth-to-Moon economy represents a new economic frontier worth trillions of dollars, with humans expected to start living and working on the Moon as early as 2028. Canada already has world-leading expertise in space robotics, satellite communications and Earth observation—but capturing the opportunity will require moving faster and thinking much bigger.\nGreenley explains why Canada needs its own launch capability, how rising defence spending could help build a stronger domestic space industry, and why relying on other countries for critical technology creates both economic and sovereignty risks. As the U.S. pulls back globally and countries put a greater emphasis on sovereignty and security, Greenley explains why Canada needs to build more critical capabilities at home while continuing to forge strategic partnerships abroad. He also makes the case that Canada’s unique combination of mining expertise and space robotics could eventually give it an advantage in lunar and asteroid mining, where potentially enormous deposits of critical minerals are waiting to be explored.\nPlus, Greenley lays out his ambitions to turn MDA Space into a much larger global company while helping create a new generation of billion-dollar Canadian space businesses—and explains why commercial trips to the Moon could become a reality within the next decade.\nTimestamps\n0:00 Sponsor intro and opening\n0:58 Welcome and why the space economy matters\n2:45 Rapid-fire with Mike Greenley\n5:30 Canada’s place in the space boom\n8:52 Defense, urgency, and how Canada scales capability\n12:48 Why this time could be different\n14:00...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/er9NR63MREFV6i2rlZX8f-yMY6gNSK83fNUOzBPoSt8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zZmQy/OWMwNmEzY2Y0YTg1/NjM4MjQ3Y2NjMWYy/Zjk1My5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}