Skyrora Students Given Chance To Reach For The Moon
Two new recruits have been selected to join Skyrora's graduate student placement programmeTwo students have landed places what is reckoned to be the most prized university placement programme in Scotland– working with space rocket firm Skyrora.Bethany Taylor and David King, who were selected from more than 100 applicants, will be based at Skyrora’s production facility outside Edinburgh – supporting the company’s aim to help Scotland to become a key player in the UK’s space race programme.David, an Aerospace Engineering student at the University of Sheffield and Bethany, a Mechanical Engineering student at University of Edinburgh, have joined Skyrora’s technical team - supporting manufacturing, vehicle launches and more Skyrora XL stage testing. Both David and Bethany will play a part in assisting Skyrora to achieve its goals for 2021. Bethany said: “I am really looking forward to learning about how the business is run and having the chance to work on different projects, using the knowledge that I have learnt at university, on real life projects within Skyrora.”David added: “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with the team at Skyrora, who are getting the UK back into space.
