Students need €13,000 to boldly go to LA

A group of Clare students have come up with an eco-friendly idea to help humans live in space — but they need €13,000 in sponsorship to get their plans to lift-off.

The fifth-year physics students at St Flannan’s College in Ennis have been given the chance to present their ‘space elevator’ project to industry experts at an international conference if they can get the trip funded.

The opportunity arises from the school’s tradition of participation in a NASA competition that invites students to design space settlements and related material.