Extract from Lords debate on Space Science and Technology - Jul 15
Tuesday, 16 July 2019 08:41
Lord Mawson (CB):...Just over a week ago, these children from east
London were joined by 60 children from Rotherham and Skelmersdale
as Brian and I took the science summer school into the north of
England. They heard from Abigail Hutty, who is working on the
ExoMars Rover, co-ordinating the design team who are building this
vehicle, and from Andrew Smyth, an aerospace engineer at
Rolls-Royce and finalist in “The Great British Bake Off”, who
shared with us the scientific links between the...Request free trial
(CB):...Just over a week ago,
these children from east London were joined by 60 children from
Rotherham and Skelmersdale as Brian and I took the science summer
school into the north of England. They heard from Abigail Hutty,
who is working on the ExoMars Rover, co-ordinating the design team
who are building this vehicle, and from Andrew Smyth, an aerospace
engineer at Rolls-Royce and finalist in “The Great British Bake
Off”, who shared with us the scientific links between the heat
shield on the space shuttle and the make-up of meringues and arctic
rolls—amazing. There is much debate about the direct benefits of
the massive investment in the Apollo programme. Perhaps, though,
that misses the point: the sense of self-belief, the
entrepreneurial, can-do attitude that it engendered could be seen
as its major successes. The Apollo programme gave a major push to
computer technologies; it purchased 70% of the entire production of
early integrated circuits and more or less invented software
engineering, so perhaps it is no surprise that the USA is
pre-eminent in these spheres today...
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