Education

The Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) Canada and the Queen’s Space Conference are pushing initiatives to engage more students.

Young, motivated and ambitious. That’s how I would describe three of the organizers of the Montreal Space Symposium I had chance to interview. 

This weeks podcast features two segments recorded at the Montreal Space Symposium on Thursday, October 5th.

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.

The organizers of the Montreal Space Symposium have released the events schedule along with the speakers list.

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.

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.

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).

Of the 21 university teams that entered the Canadian Reduced Gravity Experiment Design Challenge (CAN-RGX), four will get a chance to fly to their microgravity experiments today thanks to the collaboration between Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) Canada, the National Research Council and the Canadian Space Agency. 

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) participated for the first time this year in the NASA Space Apps Challenge with a trio of open data challenges of their own. Of the 31 teams that participated in the Canadian venues of Ottawa, Toronto and Waterloo, five were nominated for the CSA to consider.