Shooting for the moon: experts encourage Canadian “moonshot projects”

Large scientific research efforts known as “moonshot projects” have seen major success in recent years, highlighted by the space race, the COVID-19 vaccines and a recent breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy technology.

However, Canada’s science policy has historically been more risk-averse and incremental.

David Akin explains how experts are pushing for the Canadian government to dream and spend big on their own science endeavours.