The head of a company proposing to open Canada's only commercial spaceport near the small community of Canso, N.S., says the impact of any launch failure would be relatively small.
Steve Matier said while a launch failure can happen, a lot of research and engineering goes into trying to avoid it.
Matier said a failure on the launch pad would be fairly self-contained, and any residual propellants would break down in a matter of hours or days. The report says a failure just after launch could result in craters up to seven metres deep from the first and second stages falling back to earth, and cause some fire damage to trees and soil."We never overfly anyone. Within five miles of the site, we're over 60,000 feet and that happens in about 105 seconds. It gets out of there fast and then is travelling down range, hundreds of kilometres high," he said.
The company hopes to have its first launch in the fall of 2021. After that, Matier said they could have up to eight launches per year.
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