McGill rugby player lands coveted NASA internship

By Max Harrold
The Montreal Gazette

MONTREAL - On her continuing mission to become an astronaut, St. Léonard resident Laura Drudi has a pit stop this summer to study the innards of snails. She will study the gastropods at what may be the ultimate space camp: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Ames Academy, a 10-week summer internship in the San Francisco area for just 11 university students. The 21-year-old Drudi, a second-year medical student at McGill University, was the only Canadian accepted among 650 applicants.