• I can analyze space environments and identify challenges that must be met in developing life-supporting systems. 

• I can describe technologies for overcoming the challenges of space travel 

• I can describe technologies for space transport, such as rockets, shuttles and space stations 

• I can describe artificial satellites and explain their uses. 

• I can describe and interpret the technologies used in global positioning systems and in remote sensing. 

• I can recognize risks and dangers associated with space exploration. 

• I can describe Canadian contributions to space research and the astronaut program. 

• I can identify and analyze factors that are important to decisions regarding space exploration and development.