Many of the new communications technologies that we all take for granted are the direct result of Canada’s contribution to communications and space research. I took my father, Dr. Bert Blevis, to the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa (Canada) to see the Space exhibit and talk about some of Canada’s most notable success stories.

• Interview with Dr. Bert Blevis
• Publications by Bert Blevis
  • The Pursuit of Equality: The Role of the Ionosphere and Satellite Communications in Canadian Development
  • The Implications of Satellite Technology for Television Broadcasting in Canada
• Canada Science and Technology Museum (Ottawa, Canada)
• John Chapman on Science.ca
• Hermes on FriendsOfCRC.ca
• COSPAS-SARSAT official website

 

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