If I told you that over the course of the last seven years upwards of a thousand Canadian students had participated in developing CubeSat missions you might think this was a the result of a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) initiative. You would be wrong though. There was a time the CSA was interested in this, early this decade and before, but poor leadership in government, and to …
Read More »The CSA, NSERC Team up With the Little Inventors on Educational Initiative
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) have partnered with Little Inventors to challenge and engage children “to come up with invention solutions to help astronauts with their lives up in orbit.”
Read More »SEDS Canada and Queen’s Space Conference Updates
The Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) Canada and the Queen’s Space Conference are pushing initiatives to engage more students.
Read More »The Emergence of the Montreal Space Symposium
Young, motivated and ambitious. That’s how I would describe three of the organizers of the Montreal Space Symposium I had chance to interview.
Read More »Podcast Episode 17: The Montreal Space Symposium
This weeks podcast features two segments recorded at the Montreal Space Symposium on Thursday, October 5th.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency President Speaks to a Primarily Student Audience at the Montreal Space Symposium
The president of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) spoke to a younger conference audience than he usually does today, as the Montreal Space Symposium was conceived and organized by students.
Read More »The Montreal Space Symposium Schedule Released
The organizers of the Montreal Space Symposium have released the events schedule along with the speakers list.
Read More »Student Organized Montreal Space Symposium Set to Take Off
The Montreal Student Space Associations have come together to launch the first Montreal Space Symposium and the event is already out of tickets with 500 people registered. That’s impressive for a new student led event, even if the tickets are free.
Read More »Podcast Episode 14: Ewan Reid, Mission Control Space Services
My guest today is Ewan Reid, founder of Mission Control Space Services (MCSS), a new company offering a variety of services including their Autonomous Soil Assessment System used to help rovers safely explore the surface of the moon and Mars.
Read More »Wanted: Companies Willing to Support the Canadian CubeSat Project
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has released a Request for Information (RFI) tender aimed at companies who are interested in supporting the Canadian CubeSat Project (CCP).
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