Episode 1 - Dr John Macdonald

This week:

In this first episode, Dr John Macdonald talks about establishing Macdonald Dettwiler and Associates.  He describes his transition from the academic world to industry, the first project of a microwave control system and the development of satellite image processing systems.

Next week: 

John explains how they first came to process spaceborne synthetic-aperture radar images.  He also talks about conflicts with Spar Aerospace over the scope of Radarsat and how MDA acquired the space robotics business.

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