A group of 70 students forming the University of Manitoba’s Space Applications and Technology Society are diligently working to design a triple-cube satellite to house an experiment to measure the reaction of tardigrades to the vacuum of space. The satellite will be entered into the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge (CSDC) managed by the federally incorporated, not-for-profit CSDC Management Society Inc. The winning satellite will be launched into orbit in May 2016. Advisers and contributors from industry, academia, and government make themselves available to assist with the project. BobCAD-CAM donated three software packages to the project as part of its Manufacturers of the Future program.
