Canada has announced it will contribute CAD2bn ($1.5bn) over 24 years to NASA's Lunar Orbital Platform Gateway project. The first nation to partner with NASA on the programme, Canada has agreed to develop a smart robot called Canadarm, to repair the Gateway. It will also fund a Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program to assist small and medium-sized enterprises to develop AI, robotics and health technologies to be used in lunar orbit.
Canada has announced it will contribute CAD2bn ($1.5bn) over 24 years to NASA's Lunar Orbital Platform Gateway project. The first nation to partner with NASA on the programme, Canada has agreed to develop a smart robot called Canadarm3, to repair the Gateway. It will also fund a Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program to assist small and medium-sized enterprises to develop AI, robotics and health technologies to be used in lunar orbit.