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GLOBAL SPACE ECONOMY: COMPARING THREE NATIONAL OUTER SPACE PROGRAMS by Rob Shapiro and Rose Ho

FOUNDED

Canadian space agency (CSA) was founded in 1989 national aeronautics and space administration (NASA) was founded in 1958

China national space administration (CNSA) was founded in 1993

NUMBER OF ASTRONAUTS SENT TO SPACE

FIRST NATIONAL SENT TO SPACE

USA: Alan Shepard in 1961 CANADA: Marc Garneau in 1984

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CHINA: Yang Liwei in 2003


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