In June, 2007, a group of students from eight high schools in Winnipeg, the capital of Canada’s Manitoba province, will begin test-launching （试发射） a satellite the size of a Rubik’s cube.
The one-kilogram Win-Cub satellite, named for its home city and its shape, will be put into low orbit. Once in space, it can perform for a few months or up to several years, communicating information that could help find the signs of earthquakes.
There are 80 similar satellite projects worldwide, but this is the first high-school based program of its kind in Canada．30 Manitoba high school students are having a hand in designing and building the satellite, in cooperation with aerospace （航空航天的） experts and 10 students from the University of Manitoba, and with support from two other organizations.
The Win-Cube project is not something that goes on a piece of paper; it is real-world engineering, allowing high school students to have an opportunity to learn more about the exciting world of engineering through their participation in this challenging program. It is also taken as a wonderful example of the unique partnerships within Manitoba．Designing, building and launching a satellite with high-school participation will bring this world-class educational project into reality and Manitoba closer to space.
“These Manitoba high school students deserve congratulations for their enthusiasm, innovation （创新）, and a strong love for discovery,” said Education, Citizenship and Youth Minister Peter Bjornson. “We want to make science more relevant （相关的）, interesting and attractive to high school students by showing them how classroom studies can relate to practical experience in the workplace or, in this case, in space,” Bjornson added.
The Win-Cube program is mainly named at inspiring a strong desire for discovery on the part of the students. It also shows Manitoba’s devotion to research and innovation and the development of a skilled workforce—all important drivers of knowledge-based economic growth.

2007年6月,来自加拿大马尼托巴省省会温尼伯的一支小队将试发射一个魔方大小的卫星.该小队的成员由该地8所中学的学生组成的.

一方面为了纪念该卫星的诞生地,一方面因为它的形状,于是得名"一千克-必胜小宝"。它将被发射进入低轨道.一旦它进入太空,将会在那呆上好几个月甚至几年,目的是与地面进行信息交流。这对预报地震大有裨益。

全世界有80个类似的卫星发射项目,但以加拿大的中学生为研发主体的项目,这还是第一个。30个来自马尼托巴省的中学生在航空航天专家和10名马尼托巴大学学生的协助下参与了设计和制造这颗卫星,另有两个组织为他们提供了赞助。

"必胜小宝"计划决非仅仅纸上谈兵,而是实实在在对工程学的接触,通过参与这个有挑战性的项目,这些中学生会从充满新奇的工程学领域中学到更多。不仅如此,它还为马尼托巴省合作关系树立了优秀而独特的榜样。由中学参与设计、制造、发射卫星将会使这一工程领域级的项目 融入现实生活中，也意味着马尼托巴省的太空研究又向前迈出重要一步。

"这些马尼托巴中学生因他们的积极努力,勇于创新和探索发现的精神而值得褒扬称道。" 教育、公民、青年部部长彼得-比昂松说:"我们想通过把课堂学习与实际课题实践经验的结合--好比说,眼下的太空课题--让科学与那些孩子更贴近,让科学更有趣,更有魅力。"

"必胜小宝"项目的命名,主要在于激发部分学生勇于探索发现的热情.同时,也展现了马尼托巴对研究、创新和基于经济增长上对熟练技术工作者的培养--促进知识拓展的中坚动力--的热衷。