MIDAS Ireland were delighted to have sponsored Confey College, Kildare for this event in Portugal.
\n A CanSat is a simulation of a real satellite in the size and shape of a soft drink can. Each team has to fit all the major subsystems found in a satellite to their CanSat including power, sensors and communications – and provide a parachute to ensure the can had a gentle landing.
\n CanSat is a European Space Agency initiative designed to inspire young people to pursue a career in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and ensure the availability of a highly qualified workforce in the space industry going forward.
\n In Ireland, the CanSat competition is a joint collaboration between the European Space Education Resource Office (ESERO), Ireland the CEIA and is co-funded by the European Space Agency and Science Foundation Ireland.
\n There are five regional partners including Athlone Institute of Technology, Cork Institute of Technology, Dublin Institute of Technology, Galway\/Mayo Institute of Technology, and Limerick Institute of Technology. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
3rd Place in Europe – delighted with the result! Congrats from MIDAS Ireland who sponsored Confey College in Portugal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-42","category-competitions","category-education"],"yoast_head":"\n