Robert Thirsk: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Aug 13, 2025
First paragraph modernization. May 03, 2024
Noted that he left the Canadian Space Agency and later served as chancellor of the University of Calgary. Sep 04, 2019
Invalidated site: Biography at NASA. Jul 10, 2018
Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Biography of Robert Brent Thirsk. Sep 12, 2013
New article added. Dec 02, 2010
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