On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:22:54 -0600, "Leon"
wrote:


"Dave Balderstone" wrote in message
news:161220092126090752%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalders tone.ca...

A surprising number of the best NASA scientists and engineers came from
Canada after the Avro Arrow project was canceled by the Diefenbaker
Conservative government.

http://www.avroarrow.org/AvroArrow/Avroengineers.html


Considering that they were getting a better offer than staying in Canada,
the numbers may not be so suprising. What may be suprising is the number of
Canadian sientists that Canada could not hold on to.

The Canadian Aerospace industry evaporated overnight, and NASA and the
US companies snatched up the best aerospace workers as part of the
deal.