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He begged for a job with a cardboard sign
Today entrepreneurial grads like him find plenty of help
Smith in July 2009 (Andrew Vaughan/CP)
Jordan Smith was desperate. It was July 2009 and he was unemployed and struggling. A recent graduate, his business degree from Memorial University was proving to be poor bait for potential employers. To top it off, it was mid-recession.
“I couldn’t find a job,” he recalled. “Nobody was hiring. If anything they were laying people off.”
So the 23-year-old devised a plan. He printed off a stack of resumes and constructed a large sign from a piece of a refrigerator box. It read: “NEW GRAD. NEED JOB.”
Space agency unveils rover prototypes
Canadian vehicles could explore moon, Mars
The Canadian Space Agency has rolled out a fleet of about a half-dozen prototype rovers that are the forerunners of vehicles that may one day explore the moon or Mars.
There are knee-high mini-rovers that can work side-by-side, helping astronauts to dig or scout out small spaces like caves.
There are also larger rovers, like a six-wheeled lunar exploration version, which can be upgraded to transport astronauts around the moon.
The space agency says the terrestrial rovers bring it one step closer to developing the next generation for space exploration.
B.C. prof on Mars mission launching in 2016
Robot will help us understand how planets evolve
Illustration by NASA/JPL-Caltech
James Keller, The Canadian Press
As NASA’s Curiosity rover beams back photos of the rocky surface of Mars, another group of scientists, including one from British Columbia, is preparing the next mission to uncover what’s underneath.
Prof. Catherine Johnson, of the University of British Columbia, is among the scientists whose project, named Insight, was selected by NASA this week as part of the U.S. space agency’s Discovery program, which invites proposals from within the scientific community.
Insight will send a stationary robotic lander to Mars in 2016, drilling down several metres into the surface as it uses a combination of temperature readings and seismic measurements to help scientists on this planet learn more about the Martian core.
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