Good morning from the Fundy shore — the tide's turning, and so is New Brunswick. Let's get into it.
## Your satellite dish might be on the Moon. Seriously.
I'll tell you what, you hear about NASA and space missions and think it's all happening in Houston or Florida, right? But five students right here in New Brunswick, probably fuelled by Tim's coffee and Grand Manan dulse, are actually collecting data for the Artemis II mission. We're talking about a trip to the moon, and our folks are involved. It's not every day you get to say Saint John is contributing to space exploration.
They're not just watching the launch from their dorms at UNB and STU. These students are part of a national project, the Canadian CubeSat Project, and they've actually designed a miniature satellite. That satellite is going to be deployed from a larger research rocket, gathering crucial data that NASA itself will use. Think about that next time you're walking past the Arts Centre on Carleton Street – some of the minds inside are literally reaching for the stars, right here in Fredericton.
* **Moon-Bound Data:** Their CubeSat will collect data on radiation in space, a huge deal for keeping astronauts safe on future lunar missions. * **Local Genius:** This isn't some distant project; it's a direct result of the brainpower being fostered in our own universities. * **Inspiring the Next Gen:** Imagine what this means for kids growing up seeing this? That you don't need to leave New Brunswick to be part of something monumental.
It just goes to show you, eh? We might be a smaller province, but the brains and the ambition here are anything but. When those rockets launch, a piece of New Brunswick is going with them, and that's something we can all be proud of, from the docks of Saint John to the Green in Fredericton.
Caleb Duguay-Firth, MiTL Sports Desk.
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