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Flying High
Ireland has been a member of European Space Agency
since ESA’s foundation in 1975. Today, more than 40
Irish companies are working with ESA on a range of
projects with benefits for both space exploration and
life on terra firma. They include TechWorks Marine,
which uses realtime ocean sensors and satellite data
to assess marine and coastal pollution, Radisens
Diagnostics, which is developing rapid and convenient
blood-testing technologies for use in space and
on Earth and ÉireComposites, which is improving
materials technology to build more fuel-efficient rocket
launchers and civilian aircraft.