It's something out of a Men in Black movie: you're first greeted by an eerily quiet parking lot. Enter a grandiose glass-and-silver building that houses nearly 1,000 employees. Inside, most doors open only with a tap of a security badge.
The Gazette's Harry North gets a firsthand look at the robotics training room at the Canadian Space Agency — and receives a lesson in operating the International Space Station's robotic arm, Canadarm2.